Essence (noun)
es-ens
The basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features:
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English essencia, from Medieval Latin, from Latin essentia.
Example sentences
“You could not skip the garlic, the garlic was the very essence of the dish.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
