Quintessential

Quick meaning: Quintessential is an adjective meaning Of the nature of a quintessence (in all senses); being or relating to the ultimate essence of something.

Meaning

Of the nature of a quintessence (in all senses); being or relating to the ultimate essence of something.

More Meanings

1. The fundamental essence of something.

Example Sentences

A final aspect of the focus argument concerns the potential for integration to highlight the quintessentials of each subject.

Twin Tracks is the old-fashioned autobiography of a quintessential Englishman, evocative of an age when you took halibut oil for rickets and sportsmen were amateurs who trained in their lunch breaks.

Often heralded as the quintessential RPG, and rarely rivaled by any other, this game is becoming increasingly difficult to find due to the fact that so many RPG fans are buying them at every chance they get.

I live in a quintessential (Australian) building type myself - a high-set 'Queenslander' on Captain Cook's tropical Cape Tribulation coast - and some of the details I love most about it are its Deco influences - [...].

Word Forms

• quintessentials

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fundamental, typical, consummate, essential, excellence, excellency.

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