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Quiddity

noun
(pl. quiddities)
1.
An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections.  Synonyms: cavil, quibble.
2.
The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other.  Synonym: haecceity.






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"Quiddity" Quotes from Famous Books



... dine with me, and, after meat, We'll canvass every quiddity thereof; For, ere I sleep, I'll try what I can do: This night I'll conjure, though I ...
— The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus • Christopher Marlowe

... To stuff his conversation full of quibble and of quiddity, To dine on chops and roly-poly pudding with avidity— He'd better clear away ...
— The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan - The 14 Gilbert And Sullivan Plays • William Schwenk Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan



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