quiddity
noun
the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing.
quiddities
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pluralof quiddity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Managers, doormen and valets, with their quiddities and quirks, help set the tone for the singular ecosystem that is any given apartment building, as Mr. Soffer, the banker, explained.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2020
Whatever is going on, whatever misalliances and misdelving of quiddities we get into, the human heart is still beating in the same way in everybody’s chest.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2016
Once her eye adjusted to the determined quiddities of her adopted hometown, she said, “Even weird cinder-block strange things from the 1950s started to look fabulous.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2015
Patterson's towering editorial rages have largely disappeared, and his quiddities, which persisted out of habit, now seem to be receding.
From Time Magazine Archive
The gentleman who was in the act of pleading had a huge open paper in his hand, from which he droned forth certain legal quiddities of the dullest and most uninteresting nature.
From Castle Richmond by Anthony Trollope
