Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Contradictory words When it comes to synonyms for Quiddity, the Q`s have it. Consider quintessence, a synonym for the meaning of quiddity “essence of a thing” (this oldest meaning of quiddity dates back to the 14th century). Quibble is synonymous with the meaning of “insignificant point”; This meaning of quiddity arose from the most subtle points of the academic arguments of the 16th century. And weirdness, like Quiddity, can refer to a person`s eccentricities. Of course, quiddity is also derived from a word “Q”, the Latin pronoun quis, which is one of two Latin words for “who” (the other is who). Quid, the neuter form of quis, led to the medieval Latin quidditas, meaning “essence,” a term essential to the development of English quiddity. The ultimate accomplishment of a novelist is to allow us to know a character so well that we glimpse his untouchable unrecognizability, his unique quiddity – in other words, although Wood does not use the term, his soul. The real, but initially hidden, starting point of Bonaventura`s ontological argumentation in the journey is the concept of esse purissimum, which is not subjectively understood as a concept existing in the human mind, but in its objective sense,[63] that is, to designate as a certain type of quiddity or essence. Quiddity is a useful sneaky tool if you want to dodge an argument or question, and it`s often used by people like court lawyers and teens looking for later curfews. The noun quiddity also has a philosophical meaning, “the essential nature of something” or the unique thing that makes it what it is. The medieval Latin root, quidditas, literally translates to “what.” I even prefer it to college basketball (although I think both are apples and oranges, but that`s another post: the ontological quiddity of Pro vs College B-Ball). Nature itself is Mayan; Science inevitably has to face its inevitable quiddity.
When a politician avoids answering a question while pretending to answer it, he often does so with quiddity or by addressing irrelevant and distracting points. “or a giant grampus baiting Jonah, holding Cain captive, pursuing Ahab; All avatars of this vital quiddity that will not focus on eye strain. Gilbert Adair`s translation of The Disappearance of Georges Perec The Quiddity of a Terminal is smarm, or perhaps a swampy hustle and bustle: sweating, fat men counting banknotes with strange intensity under a light besieged by insects. This can be expressed in the form of the apophatic theology of an Ibn Sina or Maimonides or Nicholas of Cusa: Ibn Sina (like Thomas Aquinas and all that flows from it) insists that there can be no answer to the question “What makes God divine?” as if a “quiddity” could be identified establishing a divine definition. That is why it has been called the quiddity of the question. I remembered Contranym when Matt emailed me about the word Quiddity, which means both “essence” and “distinction to cut hair.” A conversation with William Deresiewicz`s article in The Nation. Follow James Wood in the desert. Then comes the respected Mr. Mumbles himself, who led Ms. Mumbles by the hand, followed by the young lawyer Quiddity.
On my list of contranyms. Meaning: distinction vs. defining character of, i.e. quintessence, “analysis of atheism; The Disbelief and World of Georgetown University, Washington DC In the following interview, Mr. Mumbles, satisfied with Quiddity`s report, spoke to him with truly dignified solemnity. Middle English quidite, from medieval Latin quidditat-, quidditas essence, from Latin quid quoi, neutral de quis qui â plus à qui. The lawyer`s employee, who was called Quiddity, also undertook to publish the whole case abroad. “The true essence or nature of a thing; which makes him the kind of thing he is (sometimes as opposed to the hecéité that makes him the particular individual he is). The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallibility I think this is my section of the English-language highway to stay clean for the year. So far so good. Dictionary search from politics, economics and Loch Ness.