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Rarequintessence
The correct spelling is quintessence.
How to pronounce quintessence
noun
IPA: /kwɪn.ˈtɛs.əns/
Say it like: Kwi-nte-sse-nse
The correct spelling is quintessence. A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
- 2.A pure substance.
- 3.The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
- 4.The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water
- 5.A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
verb
- 1.To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.
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