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quiddit
quiddit Now arch. (ˈkwɪdɪt) = quiddity 2.1592 Greene Upst. Courtier in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 232 These lawiers haue..such quibs & quiddits. a 1613 Overbury A Wife, etc. (1638) 188 He makes his Will in forme of a Law-case, full of quiddits. 1635 Heywood Hierarch. iv. 202 He..Stretches each Quiddit ...
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quidlit
† quidlit obs. var. of (or misprint for) quiddit or quillet. (In quot. attrib.)1598 Gilpin Skial., Satyr ii. 43 Then whats a wench but a quirke, quidlit case, Which makes a Painters pallat of her face?
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quidditative
† ˈquidditative, a. Obs. [f. quiddit-y + -ative. See also quiddative.] 1. Pertaining to the quiddity or essence of a thing.1650 Charleton Paradoxes 9 The quidditative and peculiarly expresse causes of all those admirable effects of the Loadstone. 1656 [? J. Sergeant] tr. T. White's Peripat. Inst. 22...
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quiddity
quiddity (ˈkwɪdɪtɪ) [ad. schol. L. quidditas: see quid n.1 and -ity; so F. quiddité (14th c.).] 1. The real nature or essence of a thing; that which makes a thing what it is.1569 J. Sandford tr. Agrippa's Van. Artes 21 The true demonstration..is that whiche is made (as the Logitioners speake) by Qui...
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whatness
whatness (ˈhwɒtnɪs) [f. what pron. + -ness; transl. L. quidditās quiddity.] That which makes a thing what it is; essential nature, essence: = quiddity 1.1611 Florio, Quidità, the whatnesse of any thing. 1627 W. Sclater Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 39 The kinde or quality, or if you'l so terme it, whatness...
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quillet
▪ I. quillet, n.1 (ˈkwɪlɪt) Also 6 coylett, quyllett, 6–7 quillett. [Of obscure origin.] 1. A small plot or narrow strip of land. Now only local or Antiq.1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII, c. 13 §10 No maner person..shall take in ferme..any quillettes of landes or pastures. 1538 Leland Itin. IV. 82 §2 Impropr...
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recklessly
recklessly, adv. (ˈrɛklɪslɪ) Forms: see reckless a. [f. reckless a. + -ly2.] 1. In a reckless manner: † a. Carelessly, negligently. Obs.α c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. lvii. 439 Nis us nawht recceleaslice to ᵹehiranne ðætte he nemde ða undiorestan wyrta [etc.]. c 1000 Ags. Hom. (ed. Assmann) xi...
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quid
▪ I. ‖ quid, n.1 (kwɪd) [L. quid what, anything, something, neut. sing. of quis who, any one, etc.] 1. That which a thing is. Cf. quiddity 1.1606 Marston Parasitaster i. ii, My age Hath seene the beings and the quide [sic] of things. 1611 L. Barry Ram Alley in Dodsley (1874) X. 363 A widow that has ...
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villainy
villainy, n. (ˈvɪlənɪ) Forms: α. 3–4 vileinie (3 uil-), 4 vileynye, vyleyny(e, vileyne; 4 vylaynye, vilaynie, 5 vilainy. β. 4 vilani(ie, wilani(e, 6 vilanie, 4–5 vylanye (6 -ie), 4–6 vylany, vilany(e; 4 velani(e, -ije, 4[5 velanye, 4–6 -any (5 -ane), 6 welany; 5 villane, wyllanye, Sc. willany, 6 vyl...
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wipe
▪ I. wipe, n. (waɪp) Also 6–7 wype. [f. wipe v.] 1. a. An act of wiping (in senses 1–3 of wipe v.). In first quot. in fig. phr.: see wipe v. 10 a.1642 Fuller Holy & Prof. St. v. vii. 388 That which hath sharpned the pens of many against him, is his giving so many cleanly wipes to the foul noses of t...
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good
▪ I. good, a., adv., and n. (gʊd) Forms: 1 gód, good, 2–6 god, 4–6 gode, 3–4 guod(e, 4 godd(e, goed, (gowde), 4–5 goud(e, 4–6 good(d)e, 4–8 Sc. guid(e, 4–9 Sc. and north. gud(e, (4 gwde, 5 guyd, 6 north. gewd), 4– good. [Com. Teut.: OE. gód = OFris., OS. gôd (MDu. goet, inflected goed-, Du. goed), O...
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