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tertium quid

tertium quid noun: something intermediate between two classifications.

Noun

tertium quid (plural tertium quids)

  1. Something intermediate between two classifications.
  2. A third party in a situation, such as one who comes between two potential romantic partners; a "gooseberry" or "third wheel".
    • Once upon a time there was a Man and his Wife and a Tertium Quid.1888, Rudyard Kipling, At the Pit's Mouth

tertium quid meaning in Tamil

tertium quid in Tamil

மூன்றாவதான தொன்று

Forms of tertium quid

pluraltertium quids

Origin of tertium quid

Borrowed from Latin tertium quid (“third thing”).

Questions about tertium quid

What does tertium quid mean?
Tertium quid means something intermediate between two classifications.
What is tertium quid in Tamil?
Tertium quid in Tamil is மூன்றாவதான தொன்று. See Tertium quid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tertium quid?
Tertium quid is a noun.
What is the plural of tertium quid?
The plural of tertium quid is tertium quids.

Words near tertium quid in the dictionary

  1. tertibrach
  2. tertile
  3. tertiles
  4. tertiparous
  5. tertium non datur
  6. tertium quid
  7. tertium quids
  8. tertschite
  9. tertulia
  10. tertulias
  11. Tertullian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tertium quid (page history and authors); tertium quid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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