Quiddity

Definition of Quiddity

Quid´di`ty

n.	1.	The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it? The quiddity or characteristic difference of poetry as distinguished from prose. - De Quincey.
	2.	A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble. We laugh at the quiddities of those writers now. - Coleridge.

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axiom, cavil, center, core, dodge, elixir, essence, essential, flower, focus, fundamental, gist, gravamen, heart, hypostasis, inner essence, jesuitism, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, nucleus, nuts and bolts, pith, postulate, principle, quibble, quid, quillet, quintessence, quip, quirk, quodlibet, sap, shuffle, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, the nitty-gritty

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