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quiddity

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈkwɪdɪti/Part of speech nounSorted ddiiqtuyStarts with QEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other

Word origin

From Middle English quidite, from Old French quidité, and its source, Late Latin quidditās, from Latin quid (“what”) + -itas (“-ness”) (whence -ity).

Used in a sentence

  • My vision reeked with truth. It had the tone, The quiddity and quaintness of its own Reality.
  • 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.
  • 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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