QUIDDITY


Meaning of QUIDDITY in English

/kwid"i tee/ , n. , pl. quiddities .

1. the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing.

2. a trifling nicety of subtle distinction, as in argument.

[ 1530-40; quidditas, equiv. to L quid what + -itas -ITY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .