Definition of Quiddety
Quid"di*ty (?), n.; pl.
Quiddities (#). [LL. quidditas, fr. L.
quid what, neut. of quis who, akin to E. who: cf.
F. quiddité.] 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." Bacon.
The quiddity or characteristic difference of
poetry as distinguished from prose. De
Quincey.
2. A trifling nicety; a cavil; a
quibble.
We laugh at the quiddities of those writers
now. Coleridge.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the essence of something
- a trifle; a nicety
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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