Superquintessential

//ˌsuː.pəˌkwɪn.təˈsɛn.ʃəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to superquintessence. not-comparable, rare

    "Nobody understood him, he understood nobody, and though he got on excellently with the genial Buelow, his case became hopeless when Buelow made war for Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg, a superquintessential bureaucrat, who could no more live without red tape than a geranium without red blossoms."

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"Nobody understood him, he understood nobody, and though he got on excellently with the genial Buelow, his case became hopeless when Buelow made war for Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg, a superquintessential bureaucrat, who could no more live without red tape than a geranium without red blossoms."

Etymology

From super- + quintessential.

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