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Quiddit, kwid′it, n. an equivocation: a subtilty or quibble.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
He has not much imagination, nor remarkable subtilty in reasoning; but if he does not dazzle, he does not bore: he is too much the man of the world for that.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
And this is his greatest subtilty; because herein we have the deceitfull comfort of having done well, and can very hardly spie our errour because it is but an insensible omission, and no accusing act.
From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by John Donne
And yet one last observation I would like to make, remembering Bacon's subtilty, and how his every utterance is the sum of matured analytical thought.
From Garden-Craft Old and New by John D. Sedding
I often confuted his notions: often in our disputations I pushed a good argument so home, that all his subtilty was not able to elude its force.
From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Pierre Bayle
We all went in, and there they made us goodly cheer with diverse subtilties, as comfits and march-panes and sweet wines.
From The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London by P. S. (Percy Stafford) Allen
Conversation is only in part made of words, its subtilties are largely composed of touch and silence.
From People of the Whirlpool by Mabel Osgood Wright
A variety of ornaments, too, made their appearance, subtilties, they were called, and ornamental devices in pastry.
From The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham by William Henry Giles Kingston
He will keep the discourse of the men of renown, and will enter in amidst the subtilties of parables.
From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Richard Green Moulton
Faith my sweet Lady, I have caught you now, maugre your subtilties, and fine devices, be coy again now.
From The Scornful Lady by John Fletcher
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