Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or having the nature of a quintessence; being the most typical: "Liszt was the quintessential romantic” ( Musical Heritage Review).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Consisting of quintessence; of the nature of quintessence.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of the nature of a quintessence (in all senses); ultimate.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of the nature of a quintessence; purest; most characteristic.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. representing the perfect example of a class or quality
Examples
“The ruling "is a defeat for Marley's widow Rita and nine children who had sought to recover millions of dollars in damages over UMG's effort to exploit what they called the quintessential Bob Marley sound recordings", says the story, going on:”
“A cold one is waiting for you and I to enjoy after a day on the river to relive our day in quintessential paradise.”
“With Coleman, you have a guy I call the quintessential chicken hawk.”
“Guanajuato - a place of crowded, busy beauty, where art, architecture and nightlife collide in quintessential Mexican ways.”
“(Donovan), Brian (McBride) and I were just on (ABC's) Good Morning America, said Reyna, stamping the moment of arrival in quintessential American terms.”
“IDLEYLD PARK - Standing before a square of land flagged with pink marking tape between two ponds at the Rock Creek Fish Hatchery, local leaders discussed a future educational facility they describe as a quintessential Douglas County project.”
“I'm not sure if has spent as much time in front of the camera as he has behind it and looked a little unsure at times, perhaps he will improve as the series goes on, but he will have to watch his use of the word quintessential - he managed to describe both male contestants as quintessential Aussie blokes, as if it were some badge of honour, or perhaps it's a clue to the sex of the eventual winner.”
“It’s available in quintessential silver or striking black. iPod classic also has plenty of battery life (up to 36 hours of audio playback or 6 hours of video playback), good looks (a sleek, anodized aluminum design), and other great features (Cover Flow and Genius playlists for creating perfect playlists).”
“His character might be better described as the quintessential misfit: shunned by polite society, unlucky in love, jack-of-all-trades but master of none.”
“Jeffers is frequently described as the quintessential California poet.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘quintessential’.
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cicatrix
scar tissue
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Ezzackly's list
Words I like.
exacerbate, queerious, whom, hyperbolic, paradoxically, consequently, anana, forte, indicative, agnostic, monotonous, supposedly and 18 more...
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humpty's list
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Inspiration
These words function as gateways to new spaces that need to be explored.
summon, unfold, unfurl, circuitous, tangent, analogous, propitious, lingering, stagnate, dynamic, pause, layers and 23 more...
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Beautiful words
Self-explanatory.
plural, melancholy, mother, euphemism, plea, violin, chaos, chasm, soliloquy, air, listen, liopleurodon and 23 more...
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Why do I not know that word?!?!
Words that are commonly used by the masses but you aren't quite sure of their meanings.
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amanda08's list
i have no idea what i'm doing, but have decided to throw myself in the metaphorical deep end!
jwjarvis Foresters were quintessential internationalists. Sep 14, 2010