quidditativeadj.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪdᵻtətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪdəˌteɪdɪv/

Forms: 1600s quidditatiue, 1600s– quidditative.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Apparently partly a borrowing from French. Apparently partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French quidditatif; Latin quidditativus.

Etymology: Apparently < Middle French, French quidditatif relating to the essence of a person or thing, characterized by verbal niceties (1534) and its etymon post-classical Latin quidditativus relating to the essence of a person or thing (mid 13th cent.; from 14th cent. in British sources) < quidditat- , quidditas quiddity n. + classical Latin -īvus -ive suffix; compare -ative suffix. Compare earlier quiddity n., quiddit n.

1. Chiefly Philosophy. Of or relating to the ‘quiddity’ or essence of a person or thing; essential; = quiddative adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

substantial?a1425

essential1495

quidditativec1600

quiddative1642

substantial1649

c1600 [implied in: Timon (1980) iv. iii. 60 The Moone may bee taken..either specificatiuely, or Quidditatiuely, or Superficially or Catapodially. (at quidditatively adv.)].

a1633 W. Ames Svbstance Christian Relig. (1659) xxxiv. 215 The quidditative notion of God, doth its self denotate the Fountaine and Author, and so the possessor of all highest and most perfect goodnesse.

1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes (new ed.) 9 The quidditative and peculiarly expresse causes of all those admirable effects of the Loadstone.

1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. 220 The quidditative notion of an Element.

1728 C. Place That Space is Necessary Being 32 Being was no answer, unless it Imported a quidditative Designation of an Object and was intelligible, which had it been so in itself.

1896 G. P. Fisher Hist. Christian Doctr. ii. vi. 236 Can man know God as He is in Himself, or, as the Schoolmen express it, has he ‘a quidditative’ cognition of God?

1949 E. L. Mascall Existence & Analogy v. 112 Of course, we do not know positively what the mode of the perfection in God is; to demand that would be to demand a quidditative knowledge of the divine essence.

1983 Isis 72 585 The forma universalis is not truly universal, because it is only a general compendium of sensible attributes, and is thus not properly intelligible or quidditative.

1994 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 84 48 Although quantity is usually held to inhere in substance primarily,..it does not include substance in its quidditative concept.

2. Full of quiddities or equivocations; characterized by verbal niceties or quibbles. rare after 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [adjective]

quidifical1542

quidditative1611

quibbling1624

quirkish1673

chicaning1698

quibbing1760

quibbly1895

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Quidditatif, quidditatiue, doubtfull, obscure, full of quirkes, fraught with quiddities.

1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies i. ix. 31 A weak and easily penetrable hedge of some quidditative Cautions.

1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. i. 7 He laboureth to plaister over his Superstition with the vntempered morter of this quidditative distinction.

1992 Financial Times (Nexis) 12 Sept. 17 The other wordsmiths, the pedants..are a quidditative delight, all intellectual ostentation met with simpering admiration.

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

单词	quidditative
释义	quidditativeadj. Brit. /ˈkwɪdᵻtətɪv/, U.S. /ˈkwɪdəˌteɪdɪv/ Forms: 1600s quidditatiue, 1600s– quidditative. Origin: Of multiple origins. Apparently partly a borrowing from French. Apparently partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French quidditatif; Latin quidditativus. Etymology: Apparently < Middle French, French quidditatif relating to the essence of a person or thing, characterized by verbal niceties (1534) and its etymon post-classical Latin quidditativus relating to the essence of a person or thing (mid 13th cent.; from 14th cent. in British sources) < quidditat- , quidditas quiddity n. + classical Latin -īvus -ive suffix; compare -ative suffix. Compare earlier quiddity n., quiddit n. 1. Chiefly Philosophy. Of or relating to the ‘quiddity’ or essence of a person or thing; essential; = quiddative adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [adjective] substantial?a1425 essential1495 quidditativec1600 quiddative1642 substantial1649 c1600 [implied in: Timon (1980) iv. iii. 60 The Moone may bee taken..either specificatiuely, or Quidditatiuely, or Superficially or Catapodially. (at quidditatively adv.)]. a1633 W. Ames Svbstance Christian Relig. (1659) xxxiv. 215 The quidditative notion of God, doth its self denotate the Fountaine and Author, and so the possessor of all highest and most perfect goodnesse. 1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes (new ed.) 9 The quidditative and peculiarly expresse causes of all those admirable effects of the Loadstone. 1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. 220 The quidditative notion of an Element. 1728 C. Place That Space is Necessary Being 32 Being was no answer, unless it Imported a quidditative Designation of an Object and was intelligible, which had it been so in itself. 1896 G. P. Fisher Hist. Christian Doctr. ii. vi. 236 Can man know God as He is in Himself, or, as the Schoolmen express it, has he ‘a quidditative’ cognition of God? 1949 E. L. Mascall Existence & Analogy v. 112 Of course, we do not know positively what the mode of the perfection in God is; to demand that would be to demand a quidditative knowledge of the divine essence. 1983 Isis 72 585 The forma universalis is not truly universal, because it is only a general compendium of sensible attributes, and is thus not properly intelligible or quidditative. 1994 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 84 48 Although quantity is usually held to inhere in substance primarily,..it does not include substance in its quidditative concept. 2. Full of quiddities or equivocations; characterized by verbal niceties or quibbles. rare after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [adjective] quidifical1542 quidditative1611 quibbling1624 quirkish1673 chicaning1698 quibbing1760 quibbly1895 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Quidditatif, quidditatiue, doubtfull, obscure, full of quirkes, fraught with quiddities. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies i. ix. 31 A weak and easily penetrable hedge of some quidditative Cautions. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. i. 7 He laboureth to plaister over his Superstition with the vntempered morter of this quidditative distinction. 1992 Financial Times (Nexis) 12 Sept. 17 The other wordsmiths, the pedants..are a quidditative delight, all intellectual ostentation met with simpering admiration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1600
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