Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quiddity or abstract nature of a goblet. See etymology and quotation.
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Examples
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'I can see a table and a goblet,' said the cynic, 'but I can see no such things as tableity and gobletity.'
Ralph Waldo Emerson Holmes, Oliver W 1891
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'I can see a table and a goblet,' said the cynic, 'but I can see no such things as tableity and gobletity.'
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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'Quite so,' answered Plato, 'because you have the eyes to see a goblet and a table with, but you have not the brains to understand tableity and gobletity.' “
Ralph Waldo Emerson Holmes, Oliver W 1891
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“Plato was talking about ideas, and spoke of mensality and cyathity [tableity, and gobletity].
Ralph Waldo Emerson Holmes, Oliver W 1891
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'Quite so,' answered Plato, 'because you have the eyes to see a goblet and a table with, but you have not the brains to understand tableity and gobletity.'"
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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