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.
1871. M. Collins, Mrq. & Merch., II. VI. 161. I awoke from what I conceived to be the—quintessence, shall I say?—no, the centessence of nightmare.
