quiddity | (n) สิ่งสำคัญ, See also: แก่นแท้, Syn. quibble |
quiddity | (n) the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other, Syn. haecceity |
quibble | (n) an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections, Syn. cavil, quiddity |
Quiddity | n.; The quiddity or characteristic difference of poetry as distinguished from prose. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ] We laugh at the quiddities of those writers now. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] |