Meaning & use
quintessence
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The most perfect or typical example of a quality or class; the purest essence of something.
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Her calm performance under pressure was the quintessence of professionalism.
This simple dish is the quintessence of French comfort food.
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Originally referred to a supposed fifth element, beyond earth, water, air, and fire, believed to make up the heavens.
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