quintessential
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quin·tes·sen·tial
(kwĭn′tə-sĕn′shəl)adj.
Of, relating to, or having the nature of a quintessence; being the most typical: "Liszt was the quintessential romantic" (Musical Heritage Review).
quin′tes·sen′tial·ly adv.
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quintessential
(ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəl)adj
most typically representative of a quality, state, etc; perfect
ˌquintesˈsentially adv
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quintessential
adjective ultimate, essential, typical, fundamental, definitive, archetypal, prototypical Everybody thinks of him as the quintessential New Yorker.
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quintessential
adjectiveHaving the nature of, constituting, or serving as a type:
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
quintessential
[ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəl] adj (= most typical) → par excellence
He's the quintessential New Yorker → C'est le New-Yorkais par excellence., C'est le New-Yorkais type.
He's the quintessential New Yorker → C'est le New-Yorkais par excellence., C'est le New-Yorkais type.
(= essential) → caractéristique
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
quintessential
adj (liter) → fundamental (geh); the quintessential English gentleman → der Inbegriff des englischen Gentleman; an instance of his quintessential bad taste → ein Beispiel für seinen von Grund auf schlechten Geschmack; the quintessential Catholicism of his whole attitude → seine fundamental (geh) → or durch und durch katholische Haltung
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
quintessential
[ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃ/əl] adj (frm) → per eccellenzathe quintessential Renaissance man → l'uomo rinascimentale per eccellenza
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