A tub of butter, contemplated by him, amounts to a Platonic idea. He understands a leg of mutton in its quiddity. He stands wondering, amid the commonplace materials of life, like primæval man, with the sun and stars about him.
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Quiddity
/ˈkwɪdɪti/
Synonyms for "quiddity" (59 found)
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6 entriesessential quiddityintrinsic quiddityphilosophical quiddityquiddity as essencequiddity of existencequiddity of the thing
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My vision reeked with truth. It had the tone, The quiddity and quaintness of its own Reality.
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He represented my quiddity I suppose – the part which, thanks to you, has converted a black pessimism about life into a belief in cosmic absurdity.
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When I send a card, it has to be right. Something that sums up the essential quiddity of being me, right here, right now.
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