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Definition of Quintessential
1. Adjective. Representing the perfect example of a class or quality.
Definition of Quintessential
1. a. Of the nature of a quintessence; purest.
Definition of Quintessential
1. Adjective. Of the nature of a quintessence (in all senses); ultimate. ¹
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Definition of Quintessential
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quintessential
Literary usage of Quintessential
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"But this applies to all the brief and quintessential forms of poetry, such as
the sonnet, the elegy, etc. certain writers, he says, often avoid it, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The work is suffused with tints of quintessential delicacy; we meet there only
the softest murmurs, the tenderest emotions, the most fainting languors. ..."
3. Retrospective Reviews: A Literary Log by Richard Le Gallienne (1896)
"... highest form of spiritual doctrine, the more impressive because inarticulate.
^However, with the few to whom such quintessential poetry as this appeals ..."
4. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"... Checkout to Launch: The quintessential Computer During World War II, the
growing sophistication of weapon systems and communications equipment prompted ..."
5. The Poetical Works of Robert Southey by Robert Southey (1845)
"No Dragon does there need for thee With quintessential sting to work alarms,
Prepotent guardian of thy fruitage fine, Thou vegetable Porcupine ! ..."
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