Definition of Quintessential

a model example of a specific quality

Examples of Quintessential in a sentence

The critics love the director’s latest film and consider it to be the quintessential horror movie.  🔊

Combined together, rosemary and pork are the quintessential ingredients for a meat dish.  🔊

Everyone knows watermelon is the quintessential fruit on a hot summer day.  🔊

Before the arrival of modern means of communication, carrier pigeons were the quintessential means of message delivery.  🔊

The worst part of Christmas is receiving numerous fruitcakes, the quintessential holiday gifts.  🔊

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