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Quiddit [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A subtilty; an equivocation. [Not in use.]

Quiddit [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A subtilty; an equivocation.

Quidditative [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Quiddative.

Quiddities [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Quiddity

Quiddity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A barbarous term used in school philosophy for essence, that unknown and undefinable something which constitutes its peculiar nature, or answers the question, quidest? The essence of a thing constitutes it tale quid, such a thing as it is, and not another.

2. A trifling nicety; a cavil; a captious question.

Quiddity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?

2. A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.