Usually means: Essence or nature of something.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word quiddity:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. quiddity: Merriam-Webster
  2. quiddity: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. quiddity: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. quiddity: Collins English Dictionary
  5. quiddity: Vocabulary.com
  6. quiddity: Wordnik
  7. quiddity: Wiktionary
  8. quiddity: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. quiddity: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. quiddity: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. quiddity: Dictionary.com
  12. quiddity: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Quiddity: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Quiddity: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. quiddity: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. quiddity: Rhymezone
  17. Quiddity: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. quiddity: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. Quiddity: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. quiddity: FreeDictionary.org
  21. quiddity: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. quiddity: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. quiddity: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quiddity: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quiddity: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. quiddity, quiddity: A Word A Day
  2. quiddity: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Quiddity: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See quiddities as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (quiddity)

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

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