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quiddity

n. சத்து, பொருண்மை, சொல்விளையாட்டு, போலி நுண்மை.


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.


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