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.”
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