Associations to the word «Quiddity»
Noun
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Wiktionary
QUIDDITY, noun. (philosophy) The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing.
QUIDDITY, noun. (legal) A trifle; a nicety or quibble.
QUIDDITY, noun. An eccentricity; an odd feature.
Dictionary definition
QUIDDITY, noun. An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections.
QUIDDITY, noun. The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other.
Wise words
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there
is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to
take away.