Hyphenation of quintessence

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word quintessence? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

quin-tes-sence

Definitions of quintessence:

1.	The fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water Was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
2.	The purest and most concentrated essence of something
3.	The most typical example or representative of a type

Synonyms of quintessence:

noun	ether, element
noun	kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
noun	example, illustration, instance, representative

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