quiddity
QUIDDITY
Vid : ESSENCE.
Vid : ESSENCE.
quiddity:
I. A scholastic term, that which answers to the question quid est? v.ESSENCE : in med. Lat. quiddĭtas, f. (cf.:--
/* "Where entity and quiddity, The ghosts of defunct bodies lie"
Hudibras). */
II. Hence, derisively, a trivial question, captiuncula: quaestio captiosa: v.QUIBBLE .
I. A scholastic term, that which answers to the question quid est? v.
/* "Where entity and quiddity, The ghosts of defunct bodies lie"
Hudibras). */
II. Hence, derisively, a trivial question, captiuncula: quaestio captiosa: v.