3 ผลลัพธ์ สำหรับ quiddity

หรือค้นหา: -quiddity-, *quiddity*

NECTEC Lexitron Dictionary EN-TH

(n) สิ่งสำคัญ, See also: แก่นแท้, Syn. quibble

WordNet (3.0)

(n) the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other, Syn. haecceity

Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The quiddity or characteristic difference of poetry as distinguished from prose. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble. [ 1913 Webster ]

We laugh at the quiddities of those writers now. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

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