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QUINTESSENTIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Representing the perfect example of a class or quality
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
quintessence (the most typical example or representative of a type)
Derivation:
quintessence (the most typical example or representative of a type)
quintessence (the purest and most concentrated essence of something)
quintessence (the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies)