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" (53 found)
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Related words (26)
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2 entriesderived
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 10 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَاهِيَّة noun (essence)
Armenian
1 entries- էություն noun (essence)
French
4 entries- bagatelle noun (trifle)
- broutille noun (trifle)
- essence noun (essence)
- excentricité noun (eccentricity)
Georgian
4 entries- არსი noun (essence)
- დედააზრი noun (essence)
- დედაარსი noun (essence)
- რაობა noun (essence)
Italian
1 entries- quiddità noun (essence)
Occitan
2 entries- quidditat noun (essence)
- quiditat noun (essence)
Romanian
1 entries- quidditate noun (essence)
Russian
2 entries- су́щность noun (essence)
- суть noun (essence)
Spanish
4 entries- esencia noun (essence)
- minucia noun (trifle)
- peculiaridad noun (eccentricity)
- quiddidad noun (essence)
Tagalog
1 entries- kaitungaan noun (essence)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
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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