English-Thai Dictionary

quintessence

N แก่นสาร  หัวกะทิ  หัวใจ  kean-san

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUINTESSENCE

n.[L. quinta essentia, fifth essence. ] 1. In alchimy, the fifth or last and highest essence of power in a natural body. Hence,
2. An extract from any thing, containing its virtues or most essential part in a small quantity.
Let there be light, said God; and forthwith light etherial, first of things, quintessence pure, sprung from the deep.
3. In chimistry, a preparation consisting of the essential oil of a vegetable substance, mixed and incorporated with spirit of wine.
4. The pure essential part of a thing.
[I have followed Bailey and Ash and our general usage in the accentuation of this word. Jameson has done the same. The accent on the first syllable is very unnatural. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUINTESSENCE

Quin *tes "sence, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. quinta essentia fifth essence. See Quint, and Essence. ]

 

1. The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment. [Obs. ]

 

Note: The ancient Greeks recognized four elements, fire, air, water, and earth. The Pythagoreans added a fifth and called it nether, the fifth essence, which they said flew upward at creation and out of it the stars were made. The alchemists sometimes considered alcohol, or the ferment oils, as the fifth essence.

 

2. Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence. Let there be light, said God; and forthwith light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the deep. Milton.

 

QUINTESSENCE

QUINTESSENCE Quin *tes "sence, v. t.

 

Defn: To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence. [R.] Stirling. "Truth quintessenced and raised to the highest power. " J. A. Symonds.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quintessence

quin tes sence |kwinˈtesəns kwɪnˈtɛsns | ▶noun the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class: he was the quintessence of political professionalism. • the aspect of something regarded as the intrinsic and central constituent of its character: we were all brought up to believe that advertising is the quintessence of marketing. • a refined essence or extract of a substance. • (in classical and medieval philosophy ) a fifth substance in addition to the four elements, thought to compose the heavenly bodies and to be latent in all things. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a term in philosophy ): via French from medieval Latin quinta essentia ‘fifth essence. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

quintessence

quintessence |kwɪnˈtɛs (ə )ns | ▶noun 1 the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class: he was the quintessence of political professionalism. • the aspect of something regarded as the intrinsic and central constituent of its character: we were all brought up to believe that advertising is the quintessence of marketing. 2 a refined essence or extract of a substance. 3 (in classical and medieval philosophy ) a fifth substance in addition to the four elements, thought to compose the heavenly bodies and to be latent in all things. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a term in philosophy ): via French from medieval Latin quinta essentia ‘fifth essence ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

quintessence

quintessence noun 1 it's the quintessence of the modern home: perfect example, exemplar, prototype, stereotype, picture, epitome, embodiment, ideal, apotheosis; best, pick, prime, acme, crème de la crème. 2 brain scientists are investigating the quintessence of intelligence: essence, soul, spirit, nature, core, heart, crux, kernel, marrow, substance; informal nitty-gritty; Philosophy quiddity, esse.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

quintessence

quintessence noun 1 Wemmick's cottage is the quintessence of the Victorian home: perfect example, exemplar, prototype, stereotype, picture, epitome, embodiment, personification, paragon, ideal; best, cream, elite, flower, jewel, gem, pick, prime, last word, acme of perfection; French crème de la crème, beau idéal. 2 they wanted to know how our brains function and thereby discover the quintessence of intelligence: essence, soul, spirit, ethos, nature, core, heart, centre, crux, nub, nucleus, kernel, marrow, pith, substance, sum and substance; informal nitty-gritty; Philosophy quiddity, esse.

 

French Dictionary

quintessence

quintessence n. f. nom féminin littéraire Ce qui est essentiel, ce qu ’il y a de plus raffiné dans une œuvre, une science, etc. SYNONYME substantifique moelle . Prononciation La deuxième syllabe se prononce té, [kɛ̃tesɑ̃s ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

quintessence

quin tes sence /kwɪntés (ə )ns /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠〖the ～〗典型, 本質, 真髄 .