quiddity
英式音标：quiddity怎么读
美式音标：quiddity怎么读
近义词： being,soul
quiddity词义
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n. 本质；实质；诡辩；怪癖
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复数: quiddities;
quiddity英文词源
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- quiddity (n.)
- "a trifling nicety in argument, a quibble," 1530s, from Medieval Latin quidditas "the essence of things," in Scholastic philosophy, "that which distinguishes a thing from other things," literally "whatness," from Latin quid "what," neuter of indefinite pronoun quis "somebody, someone or other" (see who). Sense developed from scholastic disputes over the nature of things. Original classical meaning "real essence or nature of a thing" is attested in English from late 14c.