QUIDDITY
- whatever makes something the type that it is essence.
- refers to the essence of a thingthat is, whatever makes something the type of thing that it is.
- the inherent nature of something, also QUIDDIT [n QUIDDITIES]
- refers to the essence of a thingthat is, whatever makes something the type of thing that it is.
- the true nature of a thing [n QUIDDITIES]
- the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing
- trifling nicety of subtle distinction, as in argument