QUALITY

I. noun (plural -ties) see: who Date: 14th century 1. peculiar and essential character ; nature , an inherent feature ; property , capacity , role , 2. degree of excellence ; grade , superiority in kind , 3. social status ; rank , aristocracy , 4. a distinguishing attribute ; characteristic , an acquired skill ; accomplishment , the character in a logical proposition of being affirmative or negative, vividness of hue, 7. timbre , the identifying character of a vowel sound determined chiefly by the resonance of the vocal chambers in uttering it, the attribute of an elementary sensation that makes it fundamentally unlike any other sensation, Synonyms: see: ~ II. adjective Date: 1936 being of high ~