ESSENCE
ADJECTIVES
1650 — QUIDDITATIVE pert. to the essence of a thing → obs.
NOUNS
1569 — QUIDDITY the real nature or essence of a thing; that which makes a thing what it is
1624 — OMNI-ESSENCE universal essence or being
1663 — GUTS the essentials; the most important part; the inner and real meaning; the essence of a matter → UK
.M19 — DAYLIGHTS the insides; the essence → sl.
1930 — FUNK anything basic, elemental, earthy; the essence of being → sl., orig. African-American
VERBS
1606 — QUINTESSENTIATE to extract the quintessence of
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