Quintessence vs Wonderful - What's the difference?
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A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something.
A pure substance.
The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
(alchemy) The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water
(physics) A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.
Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
* 1992 , Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety , Harper Perennial 2007, p. 278:
Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
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As a noun quintessence
is a thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something.As a verb quintessence
is {{cx|transitive|lang=en}} To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.As an adjective wonderful is
tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.quintessence
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(wikipedia quintessence)Noun
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* quintessential * quintessentiallyVerb
(en-verb)References
* * *wonderful
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Alternative forms
* wonderfool (eye dialect), woonderful (eye dialect), wonderfull (archaic), wondreful (obsolete), wondrefull (obsolete)Adjective
(en-adj)- He is massively corrupt. It is wonderful how the man's popularity survives.
- They served a wonderful six-course meal.
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