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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or having the nature of a quintessence; being the most typical.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of quintessence; of the nature of quintessence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of the nature of a quintessence; purest; most characteristic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of the nature of a
quintessence (in all senses);ultimate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective representing the perfect example of a class or quality
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Examples
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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:
p2pnet news 2010
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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:
p2pnet news 2010
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Guanajuato - a place of crowded, busy beauty, where art, architecture and nightlife collide in quintessential Mexican ways.
Mexico Notes 2007
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A cold one is waiting for you and I to enjoy after a day on the river to relive our day in quintessential paradise.
Real Men of Genius ... Mr. Tim Romano 2007
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Guanajuato - a place of crowded, busy beauty, where art, architecture and nightlife collide in quintessential Mexican ways.
Mexico Notes 2007
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With Coleman, you have a guy I call the quintessential chicken hawk.
A New Job for Jesse? 2008
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Guanajuato - a place of crowded, busy beauty, where art, architecture and nightlife collide in quintessential Mexican ways.
Guanajuato 2004
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Guanajuato - a place of crowded, busy beauty, where art, architecture and nightlife collide in quintessential Mexican ways.
Mexico Notes 2004
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Guanajuato - a place of crowded, busy beauty, where art, architecture and nightlife collide in quintessential Mexican ways.
Guanajuato 2004
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Guanajuato - a place of crowded, busy beauty, where art, architecture and nightlife collide in quintessential Mexican ways.
Mexico Notes 2004
jwjarvis commented on the word quintessential
Foresters were quintessential internationalists.
September 14, 2010