quale
Americannoun
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a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
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a sense-datum or feeling having a distinctive quality.
noun
Etymology
Origin of quale
1665–75; < Latin quāle, neuter singular of quālis of what sort
Example Sentences
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“So the apparent passage of time is the quale of chronon absorption?” asked the Psychologist.
From Nature • Jun. 16, 2020
Res naturalis per formam qua perficitur in sua specie, habet inclinationem in proprias operationes et proprium finem, quem per operationes consequitur; quale enim unumquodque est, talia operatur, et in sibi convenientia tendit.”—St.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
As Tacitus says: "Non tumultus, non quies, sed quale magni metus, et magn� ir� silentium est."
From Quodlibet by Kennedy, John Pendleton
Herbolario Volgare nel quale le virtu de la herbe, etc., con alcune belle aggionte noua mētē de latino in Volgare tradulto.
From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
He relates it of a mercante Genovese avventurato il quale navigando fu portato dalla fortuna a una isola lontanissima.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert
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