quintessence
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- n the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- n the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- n the most typical example or representative of a type
- Constance Chatterley in love -- the quintessence of romantic adventure in which two people meet, lock eyes, feel an instant thrill of attraction and soon fall into passionate sex.
- That's the very quintessence of athletic achievement.
- Infinite Jest was the quintessence of 1990s literary maximalism, and it became instant required reading.