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

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quiddity



The only change detected, the only change detected so far, was so minor and negligible and immediately remediable as like to render its quiddity alone of major concern.

—p.337 How to Quit (336) by Kristin Dombek
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6 years ago


Updike must work to establish the quiddity of his character

I totally forgot the meaning of quiddity :(

a truly awful excerpt from Terrorist follows

—p.23 Narrating (5) by James Wood
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9 years ago


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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7 years, 8 months ago


Biarritz still retained its quiddity in those days

—p.146 by Vladimir Nabokov
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7 years ago


the one that best captures the quiddity of the Hebrew

on the KJV translation

—p.132 Robert Alter and the King James Bible (128) by James Wood
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9 years, 1 month ago


Biarritz still retained its quiddity

—p.607 FIRST LOVE (604) by Vladimir Nabokov
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1 year, 8 months ago


Yet the quiddity of Morrison’s writing ultimately is just that.

—p.30 The Origin of Others (22) by Jesse McCarthy
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1 year, 10 months ago