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Word entry · 14 letters

quintessential

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14 letters · collected on this word page

14 lettersPronunciation /ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeeiilnnqssttuStarts with QEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. representing the perfect example of a class or quality

Word origin

From quintessence + -al.

Used in a sentence

  • Often heralded as the quintessential RPG, and rarely rivaled by any other, this game is becoming increasingly difficult to find due to the fact that so many RPG fans are buying them at every chance they get.
  • Twin Tracks is the old-fashioned autobiography of a quintessential Englishman, evocative of an age when you took halibut oil for rickets and sportsmen were amateurs who trained in their lunch breaks.
  • I live in a quintessential (Australian) building type myself - a high-set 'Queenslander' on Captain Cook's tropical Cape Tribulation coast - and some of the details I love most about it are its Deco influences - [...].

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