| 单词 | quirks and quiddities |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquirks and quiddities Frequently in alliterative phrases, as quibbles and quiddities, quips and quiddities, quirks and quiddities, etc.extracted from quiddityn.quirks and quiddities 3. In plural. Idiosyncrasies, eccentricities, peculiar features. Chiefly in quirks and quiddities (cf. sense 2a, quirk n.1 5). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > deviation from normal standards of behaviour > instance of singularity1570 excursion1615 eccentricity1657 exorbitanta1714 angularity1833 unconventionality1854 quiddities1941 1941 E. Linklater Man on my Back xxii. 308 He has malicious laughter for the quiddities of other men. 1958 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 17 97 Samplers from the European continent..exhibit fewer quirks and quiddities. 1978 J. Morris Oxford (rev. ed.) iv. xiv. 181 It is a weakness of Oxford to waste too much sentiment on quirks and quiddities. 2002 Financial Times (Nexis) 3 Dec. (Arts section) 15 Leonardo soon moved on, driven by empirical observation of the body's quirks and quiddities, to examine rather its richness in individual difference and variety. < as lemmas |
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