quiddity

英['kwɪdɪti] 美['kwɪdɪti]
  • n. 本质;实质;诡辩;吹毛求疵
quiddities
  • quibbler n.吹毛求疵的人
  • quibblesome adj.遁辞的;模拟两可的
  • quibbling adj.诡辩的;吹毛求疵的n.诡辩;吹毛求疵动词quibble的现在分词形式.
  • quibblingly adv.吹毛求疵地;推诿地
  • quiche n.乳蛋饼
Noun:
  1. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

  2. the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other

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