'quiddity' in Salvage #5: Contractions | Bookmarker

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(noun) the inherent nature or essence of someone or something; a distinctive feature; a peculiarity

He may be president, but he is not presidential. The liberal world is in mourning for this dispositional quiddity, presidentialness.

—p.81 ‘One thinge that ouerthroweth all that were graunted before’: On Being Presidential (81) by China Miéville

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