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quoddity

quoddity noun: the individual identity of something.

Noun

quoddity (plural quoddities)

  1. The individual identity of something.
    • They have ſwallowed and digeſted all the Fathers, the Codes, Provincials, Decretals, Pandects, Councils, Canons ; are Maſters of all the Schoolmen, not to fill their Heads and ſtuff their Writings with Quiddities and Quoddities, and far-fetched unintelligible Diſtinctions, but to be able to reaſon...1744, A Dialogue Between the Rev. Mr. Jenkin Evans and Mr. Peter Dobson, concerning Bishops., London: M. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-noſter-row, →OCLC, page 37
    Synonyms:
    thatness

Synonyms of quoddity

Forms of quoddity

pluralquoddities

Origin of quoddity

From Latin quod (“what”) + -ity.

Questions about quoddity

What does quoddity mean?
Quoddity means the individual identity of something.
What part of speech is quoddity?
Quoddity is a noun.
What is the plural of quoddity?
The plural of quoddity is quoddities.

Words near quoddity in the dictionary

  1. quod nons
  2. quodded
  3. quoddies
  4. quodding
  5. quoddities
  6. quoddity
  7. quoddy
  8. quodilibet
  9. quodlibet
  10. quodlibetal
  11. quodlibetarian

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