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.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
