What's the difference between quiddit and quiddity?

Quiddit


Definition:

  • (n.) A subtilty; an equivocation.

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Quiddity


Definition:

  • (n.) The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?
  • (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And they felt that baking said much about Britain and its regional quiddities, from Dundee cakes to bara brith to Bakewell tarts.
  • (2) Poster banadvertsonitv said: "ITV show once again what a bunch of amateurs they really are," while quidditys_shore complained: "The one thing you don't want to mess up and ITV do it big time."
  • (3) The argument usually made against buying humans is one of dignity, but I think what you'd lose is not dignity but quiddity: you have no essential self if you can be bartered in a market of your own creation, measured up alongside a speedboat (and, guttingly, worth a lot less).
  • (4) Nonetheless, in the quiddity of the Jedi you can see a director who was alive to the change in the political culture and its profound but rarely discussed shifts.

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