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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread quintessence #100069 04/04/2003 2:05 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 This old grouch thinks this sentence is preposterously pretentious: " "A fragrance may be a tool for invigorating the quintessence of what once joined the soul mates, if the other ingredients are present in the relationship." A fragrance a tool? Don't cut me with it. Invigorate a quintessence? Screw the inscrutable? And what in hell are the ingredients of a relationship? Eye of newt, wing of bat? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: quintessence #100070 04/04/2003 7:32 PM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 18 Greenville,South Carolina.USA. immigrantus stranger immigrantus stranger Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 18 Greenville,South Carolina.USA. < quintessence (kwin-TES-ens) noun 1. The pure, concentrated essence. 2. Most perfect embodiment of something. [From Middle French quinte essence, from medieval Latin quinta essentia (fifth essence).] Ancient Greeks referred to the aither of Aristotle as pémpte ousia, the fifth essence.> I don't see indo-european root here, but Greek word *pempte* sounds similar to russian "pyat'"(transliterated), means "five". And we also have the word "efir" from aither. Viktor V. Trukov Viktor V. Trukov Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: quintessence #100071 04/08/2003 12:45 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada But wwh, if they just said "a fragrance can bring back memories and former emotions" they wouldn't be able to charge nearly as much for the aromatherapy sessions. Faith healing works so much better if you can't understand what the healer is really saying. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: quintessence #100072 04/08/2003 1:27 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Zed: I think we can agree that the babe who wrote that sentence was trying to snow her readers. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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