quintessentialness

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English

Etymology

From quintessential +‎ -ness.

Noun

quintessentialness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of being quintessential.
    • 1915, The New Republic 1915-08-14: Volume 4 Issue 41, New Republic, page 52:
      For starkness of vision, "quintessentialness" of expression, boldness and solidity of thought, and freedom of form, a New England spinster who flourished between 1830 and 1886 in an elm-shaded college town above the Connecticut valley, might give the imagists “pointers”: here is a discovery to quicken the modern New England heart.
    • 2013, Gabrielle F. Culmer, Arrive by Dusk:
      His quintessentialness made them aware that they were in France.
    • 2015, Derek Padula, Dragon Soul: 30 Years of Dragon Ball Fandom:
      The animation may have improved, but the essence, the heart, the quintessentialness of anime and manga, is gone. The creators are just pandering to their audience.