English Dictionary

quiddity

/ˈkwɪdɪti/

noun

(philosophy) The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing. / (law) A trifle; a nicety or quibble. / An eccentricity; an odd feature.

The quiddity of the problem is difficult to understand.

意味（1）

(philosophy) The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing.

A tub of butter, contemplated by him, amounts to a Platonic idea. He understands a leg of mutton in its quiddity. He stands wondering, amid the commonplace materials of life, like primæval man, with the sun and stars about him.

意味（2）

(law) A trifle; a nicety or quibble.

意味（3）

An eccentricity; an odd feature.