Definitions
a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
Word origin
From Middle English essence, from Middle French essence, from Latin essentia (“the being or essence of a thing”), from an artificial formation of esse (“to be”), to translate Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía, “being”), from ὤν (ṓn), present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “to be, exist”).
Used in a sentence
“CHARITY is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands, ſays an old writer. Gifts and alms are the expreſſions, not the eſſence of this virtue.”
“The essence of Addison’s humour is irony.”
“He [Gottfried Wolfgang] had been indulging in fanciful speculations on spiritual essences, until, like Swedenborg, he had an ideal world of his own around him.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Fundamental nature”7 letters
02“Core nature”7 letters
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