quintessence as a noun: - 1
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quintessence
noun
1 quintessence
The fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies.
synonym: ether.
Roget 5:
intrinsicality†,
inbeing†,
inherence,
inhesion†;
subjectiveness;
ego;
egohood†;
essence,
noumenon;
essentialness†
etc.
adj.;
essential part,
quintessence,
incarnation,
quiddity,
gist,
pith,
marrow,
core,
sap,
lifeblood,
backbone,
heart,
soul;
important part
etc.
(importance)
642.
principle,
nature,
constitution,
character,
type,
quality,
crasis†,
diathesis†.
habit;
temper,
temperament;
spirit,
humor,
grain;
disposition.
endowment,
capacity;
capability
etc.
(power)
157.
moods,
declensions,
features,
aspects;
peculiarities
etc.
(speciality)
79;
idiosyncrasy,
oddity;
idiocrasy
etc.
(tendency)
176;
diagnostics.
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Dutch: ether
Polish: eter kosmiczny
2 quintessence
The purest and most concentrated essence of something.
3 quintessence
The most typical example or representative of a type.
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