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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Quintessential

/kwĭnˌ-tĭs-ĕn'-shəl/ · Quin·tes·sen·tial · IPA /ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəl/
01 a. Of the nature of a quintessence; purest; most characteristic.
  1. 1.
    Of the nature of a quintessence; purest; most characteristic.