n.
1. The pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing.
2. The purest or most typical instance: the quintessence of evil.
3. In ancient and medieval philosophy, the fifth and highest essence after the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, thought to be the substance of the heavenly bodies and latent in all things.
[Middle English, from Old French quinte essence, fifth essence, from Medieval Latin qu
nta essentia (translation of Greek pempt
ousi
) : Latin qunta, feminine of quntus, fifth; see penkwe in Indo-European roots + Latin essentia, essence; see essence.]
This great man, as is well known to all lovers of polite eating, begins at first by setting plain things before his hungry guests, rising afterwards by degrees as their stomachs may be supposed to decrease, to the very quintessence of sauce and spices.The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry
nta essentia (translation of Greek pempt ousi) : Latin qunta, feminine of quntus, fifth; see penkwe in Indo-European roots + Latin essentia, essence; see essence.]This great man, as is well known to all lovers of polite eating, begins at first by setting plain things before his hungry guests, rising afterwards by degrees as their stomachs may be supposed to decrease, to the very quintessence of sauce and spices.The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry
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