English-Thai Dictionary
quiddity
N สิ่ง สำคัญ แก่นแท้ quibble siang-sam-kan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
QUIDDITY
n.[L. quid, what. ] 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.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
QUIDDITY
Quid "di *ty, n.; pl. Quiddities. Etym: [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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
quiddity
quid di ty |ˈkwidətē ˌkwɪdɪdi | ▶noun ( pl. quiddities ) chiefly Philosophy the inherent nature or essence of someone or something. • a distinctive feature; a peculiarity: his quirks and quiddities. ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin quidditas, from Latin quid ‘what. ’
Oxford Dictionary
quiddity
quiddity |ˈkwɪdɪti | ▶noun ( pl. quiddities ) 1 [ mass noun ] chiefly Philosophy the inherent nature or essence of someone or something. 2 a distinctive feature; a peculiarity: his quirks and quiddities. ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin quidditas, from Latin quid ‘what ’.
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