quidditasn.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪdᵻtas/,

/ˈkwɪdᵻtɑːs/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪdəˌtɑs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quidditas.

Etymology: < post- classical Latin quidditas (see quiddity n.). Compare earlier quiddity n.

The inherent nature or essence of a person or thing; = quiddity n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun]

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as-suchness1909

Wesen1959

1782 Encycl. Brit. IX. 6602/2 Quiddity, Quidditas, a barbarous term used in the schools for essence.

1856 H. F. Brownson tr. J. L. Balmes Fund. Philos. I. iii. xxxi. 475 The object of the understanding is the essence of the thing understood, quidditas, as the scholastics called it.

1878 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 758/1 This matter is differentiated into particular things..through the addition of an individualizing principle (hæcceitas) to the universal (quidditas).

1941 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 1 ii/iii. 3 We must learn what the quidditas of beauty and art is.

1976 ‘M. Innes’ Gay Phoenix iii. 41 A man's identity—his quidditas, as the learned might say.

1990 C. R. Johnson Middle Passage (1991) ix. 194 Each figure floating past me possessed haecceitas but not quidditas, a uniqueness so radical I felt I could assume nothing about anyone or anything.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quidditas
释义	quidditasn. Brit. /ˈkwɪdᵻtas/, /ˈkwɪdᵻtɑːs/, U.S. /ˈkwɪdəˌtɑs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quidditas. Etymology: < post- classical Latin quidditas (see quiddity n.). Compare earlier quiddity n. The inherent nature or essence of a person or thing; = quiddity n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun] pitheOE i-cundeeOE roota1325 substancec1330 juicec1380 marrowa1382 formc1385 acta1398 quidditya1398 substantial forma1398 inward1398 savourc1400 inwardc1450 allaya1456 essencya1475 being1521 bottom1531 spirit?1534 summary1548 ecceity1549 core1556 flower1568 formality1570 sum and substance1572 alloy1594 soul1598 inwardness1605 quid1606 fibre1607 selfness1611 whatness1611 essentialityc1616 propera1626 the whole shot1628 substantiala1631 esse1642 entity1643 virtuality1646 ingeny1647 quoddity1647 intimacy1648 ens1649 inbeing1661 essence1667 interiority1701 intrinsic1716 stamen1758 character1761 quidditas1782 hyparxis1792 rasa1800 bone1829 what1861 isness1865 inscape1868 as-suchness1909 Wesen1959 1782 Encycl. Brit. IX. 6602/2 Quiddity, Quidditas, a barbarous term used in the schools for essence. 1856 H. F. Brownson tr. J. L. Balmes Fund. Philos. I. iii. xxxi. 475 The object of the understanding is the essence of the thing understood, quidditas, as the scholastics called it. 1878 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 758/1 This matter is differentiated into particular things..through the addition of an individualizing principle (hæcceitas) to the universal (quidditas). 1941 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 1 ii/iii. 3 We must learn what the quidditas of beauty and art is. 1976 ‘M. Innes’ Gay Phoenix iii. 41 A man's identity—his quidditas, as the learned might say. 1990 C. R. Johnson Middle Passage (1991) ix. 194 Each figure floating past me possessed haecceitas but not quidditas, a uniqueness so radical I felt I could assume nothing about anyone or anything. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1782
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