Associations to the word «Quiddity»

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.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery