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Quiddity   Listen
noun
Quiddity  n.  (pl. quiddities)  
1.
The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it? " The degree of nullity and quiddity." "The quiddity or characteristic difference of poetry as distinguished from prose."
2.
A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble. "We laugh at the quiddities of those writers now."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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Words linked to "Quiddity" :   kernel, evasion, core, inwardness, substance, equivocation, pith, haecceity, centre, meat, marrow, essence, heart, quibble, sum, center, gist, cavil, nitty-gritty, heart and soul



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