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Definition of Quiddit
1. n. A subtilty; an equivocation.
Definition of Quiddit
1. Noun. (rare) quibble ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quiddit
1. the inherent nature of something [n -S]
Medical Definition of Quiddit
1. A subtilty; an equivocation. "By some strange quiddit or some wrested clause." (Drayton) Origin: Cf. Quiddity, Quillet, and Quibble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quiddit
Literary usage of Quiddit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tales of the Scottish Peasantry by Alexander Bethune, John Bethune (1884)
"But you are a good-hearted fellow, my dear quiddit—-I know you are. ... A glorious
fellow, quiddit! but, by Jove, you are right—she does love me; ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"quiddit. Mid.Lat. qui- ditas, the whatness or distinctive nature of a thing,
brought into a ... quiddity or quiddit, a subtilty or nice refinement. —Nares. ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... iu every quiddit wipe us. Dray/an'* Oxl, p. 13112. quidditY,*. Originally,
the nature or essence of anything; in which -i-ii-i- the scholastic term ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"quiddit, *. A contraction of quiddity, which is from ... By some strange quiddit,
or some wrested clause, ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"Quide, or cud, the inner part of the throat in beasts.—B. See Cud. quiddity,
quiddit. Mid. ... or quiddit, a sub- tilty or nice refinement.—Nares. ..."
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