User:Aquintesce
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Aquintesce has been my handle for quite a while. I use it for many internet services such as Xanga.com and Myspace.com as well as my handle on forums. It was made by a latin word combined with a prefix.
"Quintessence" - The pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing. In alchemy, among the classical elements, quintessence (meaning "fifth element", along with earth, air, fire, and water) was another term for aether; it is the substance of which the heavenly bodies were supposed to be composed.
That was my old handle, but I didn't like it so I decided to make a new one.
"A-" - forming words denoting absence or lack
I changed the second 's' to a 'c' and dropped the 'nce.' I added the 'a' and got aquintesce (I just like to capitalize it.) So it means the absence of purity (or at least I like to think so.)
