2 uses
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Definition
the defining or most important quality of something
or:
a extract that concentrates important qualities of something such as smell or taste
or:
a extract that concentrates important qualities of something such as smell or taste
- For the success of the plan, time was of the essence.p. 346.8
- But why would he be stupid enough to give up his grey rainy-day allure — the crepuscular essence, the foggy aureole, that had attracted them to him in the first place?p. 190.5
There are no more uses of "essence" in Oryx and Crake.
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