释义 |
centessence nonce-wd. [f. L. centum hundred + essence, after quintessence (the proper analogue of which would be centesimessence).] The hundredth essence, the essence a hundred times distilled.
1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. II. vi. 161 The—quintessence, shall I say?—no, the centessence of nightmare. |