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tertium quids

tertium quids is the plural of tertium quid.

Meaning of tertium quid

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

Questions about tertium quids

What is tertium quids the plural of?
Tertium quids is the plural of tertium quid.

Words near tertium quids in the dictionary

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

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