Definitions for quintessences

quintessences quin·tes·sence

Spelling: [kwin-tes-uh ns]
IPA: /kwɪnˈtɛs əns/

Quintessences is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 23 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 27 points.

You can make 432 anagrams from letters in quintessences (ceeeinnqssstu).

Definitions for quintessences

noun

  1. the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
  2. the most perfect embodiment of something.
  3. (in ancient and medieval philosophy) the fifth essence or element, ether, supposed to be the constituent matter of the heavenly bodies, the others being air, fire, earth, and water.
  4. the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
  5. the most perfect embodiment of something.
  6. (in ancient and medieval philosophy) the fifth essence or element, ether, supposed to be the constituent matter of the heavenly bodies, the others being air, fire, earth, and water.

Origin of quintessences

1400-50; Middle English Medieval Latin quīnta essentia fifth essence

Examples for quintessences

“Innocence is the quintessence of the snapshot,” Lisette Model would write.

To the man of the world they are the quintessence of his own reflections upon life.

That, America, is the quintessence of naturally occurring British-cute.

Yes, Holmes was the quintessence of the Victorian rationalism, “the most perfect and reasoning machine that the world had seen.”

The actor is the quintessence of smooth, first as Remington Steele, then James Bond.

"This is the quintessence of my journalism; that is the supreme argument," he said to Antonia.

Adams was a quintessence of Boston, devoured by curiosity to think like Benvenuto.

The law of compensation itself is the quintessence of horse sense.

They are the very breath of democracy; the quintessence of freedom.

In recent years, Stoner entered a category of which it soon became the quintessence.

To the man of the world they are the quintessence of his own reflections upon life.

They are the very breath of democracy; the quintessence of freedom.

Adams was a quintessence of Boston, devoured by curiosity to think like Benvenuto.

“Innocence is the quintessence of the snapshot,” Lisette Model would write.

The law of compensation itself is the quintessence of horse sense.

"This is the quintessence of my journalism; that is the supreme argument," he said to Antonia.

Yes, Holmes was the quintessence of the Victorian rationalism, “the most perfect and reasoning machine that the world had seen.”

The actor is the quintessence of smooth, first as Remington Steele, then James Bond.

In recent years, Stoner entered a category of which it soon became the quintessence.

That, America, is the quintessence of naturally occurring British-cute.

Word Value for quintessences
Scrable

23

Words with friends

27

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