OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 20034

quiddity

/ˈkwɪdɪti/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
esencia • quiddidad • quididad
The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing.
A tub of butter, contemplated by him, amounts to a Platonic idea. He understands a leg of mutton in its quiddity. He stands wondering, amid the commonplace materials of life, like…
My vision reeked with truth. It had the tone, The quiddity and quaintness of its own Reality.
minucia
A trifle; a nicety or quibble.
peculiaridad
An eccentricity; an odd feature.
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