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1. öz, cevher.
2. en mükemmel örnek: She´s the quintessence of beauty. O güzelliğin ta kendisi. timsal, mükemmel örnek. örnek. örnek. i.
3. en mükemmel örnek: She´s the quintessence of beauty. O güzelliğin ta kendisi. öz, en özlü kısım, özünün özü, özetin özeti.
4. örnek.
5. timsal. mükemmel örnek.

Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French quinte essence, from Medieval Latin quinta essentia, literally, fifth essence
Pronunciation : kwin-'te-s^&n(t)
Function : noun
Date : 15th century

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1. epitome, perfect embodiment of; essence, basic nature; (Philosophy) fifth element, element thought to be the matter from which celestial objects are composed (during the Middle Ages). quintessence\quin*tes"sence\ , n. [f., fr. l. quinta essentia fifth essence. see: quint, and essence.].
2. the fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. see: ferment oils, under ferment. [obs.]note: the ancient greeks recognized four elements, fire, air, water, and earth. the pythagoreans added a fifth and called it nether, the fifth essence, which they said flew upward at creation and out of it the stars were made. the alchemists sometimes considered alcohol, or the ferment oils, as the fifth essence.
3. hence: an extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence. let there be light, said god; and forthwith light ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, sprung from the deep.quintessence \quin*tes"sence\, v. t. to distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence. [r.] "truth quintessenced and raised to the highest power." a. symonds.quintessence n.
4. (archaic) the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies [syn: ether].
5. the purest and most concentrated essence of something.
6. the most typical example or representative of a type.
7. The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body.
8. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.
9. Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence.
10. To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence. the most typical example or representative of a type the purest and most concentrated essence of something the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies.
11. 1. The quintessence of something is the most perfect or typical example of it. He was the quintessence of all that Eva most deeply loathed.
12. The quintessence of something is the aspect of it which seems to represent its central nature. an old stone cottage, the quintessence of rural England. the quintessence of sth a perfect example of something (quinte essence, from quinta essentia ; because it was in addition to the four elements earth, air, fire, and water).