kwɪnˈtɛsənʃəl
adjective
representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class
The word 'quintessential' comes from medieval alchemy, where alchemists believed that there were five elements: earth, fire, water, air, and quintessence. Quintessence was considered the pure essence that unified all elements, and thus 'quintessential' came to mean the most perfect or essential manifestation of something.
Along with picking handcuffs, vaulting Jersey barriers, and fending off perverts, it is one of the quintessential Kourier skills: walking around in a place where you don't belong without attracting suspicion.
Neal Stephenson
Snow Crash
In quintessential triviality For years in this fleshcase a shesoul dwelt.
James Joyce
Ulysses