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quintessence
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Quintessence
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the most refined and concentrated form of a particular substance or quality
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The perfumer distilled the quintessence of rose oil to capture its purest fragrance.
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The vintage sports car represents the quintessence of 1960s automotive design.
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(in medieval and classical philosophy) the fifth and highest element believed to fill the heavens and compose celestial bodies, beyond earth, water, air, and fire
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Aristotle taught that beyond the four earthly elements lay a divine quintessence.
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