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quintessentially
English
Etymology
quintessential +? -ly
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kw?nt??s?nt??li/
Adverb
quintessentially (not comparable)
- In a manner that is typical or characteristic of a thing's nature.
- 1994 — Christopher Bulis, State of Change, ch XXIII, p237
- Peri handed Ptolemy his helmet. It had a crest on it, which she always thought looked quintessentially Roman.
- 1994 — Christopher Bulis, State of Change, ch XXIII, p237
Synonyms
- typically
Related terms
- quintessence
- quintessential
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quintessence
English
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French, from Medieval Latin quinta essentia (“fifth essence, aether”). "Essence" in this context is a synonym for "element". In pre-atomic/Aristotlean theory, there are four known elements or essences — Earth, Air, Fire and Water — and a putative fifth element (aether), which is considered to be of exceptional superior quality to the other four basic elements.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kw?n-t?s?-?ns, kw?n-t?s?-?ns, IPA(key): /kw?n.?t?s.?ns/, /kw?n.?t?s.?ns/
Noun
quintessence (countable and uncountable, plural quintessences)
- A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:model
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- As families and kindreds sometimes do; producing, after long ages of unnoted notability, some living quintescence of all the qualities they had, to flame forth as a man world-noted[.]
- A pure substance.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:non-mixture
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gist
- (alchemy) The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere.
- Synonym: aether
- (physics) A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
Derived terms
- quintessential
- quintessentially
Translations
Verb
quintessence (third-person singular simple present quintessences, present participle quintessencing, simple past and past participle quintessenced)
- (transitive) To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.
References
- quintessence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “quintessence”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- “quintessence” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.t?.s??s/
Noun
quintessence f (plural quintessences)
- quintessence (all senses)
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