Usually means: Representing the most perfect example.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word quintessential:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. quintessential: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. quintessential: Merriam-Webster
  3. quintessential: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. quintessential: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. quintessential: Collins English Dictionary
  6. quintessential: Vocabulary.com
  7. Quintessential, quintessential: Wordnik
  8. quintessential: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. quintessential: Wiktionary
  10. Quintessential, quintessential: Dictionary.com
  11. quintessential: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Quintessential: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Quintessential: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. quintessential: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. quintessential: Rhymezone
  16. Quintessential: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. quintessential: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. quintessential: FreeDictionary.org
  19. quintessential: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Quintessential: The Word Detective
  21. quintessential: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. quintessential: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Quintessential: Urban Dictionary

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adjective:  Of the nature of a quintessence (in all senses); being or relating to the ultimate essence of something.
noun:  The fundamental essence of something.

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