It's in Alice Oswald's poem 'April': 'flowers / appear and fade and quiddify the month'.
Any ideas?
2007-03-26 01:36:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Definition of quiddity (the noun from which quiddify probably derives) from the online Free Dictionary:
quid·di·ty (kwd-t)
n. pl. quid·di·ties
1. The real nature of a thing; the essence.
2. A hairsplitting distinction; a quibble.
[Medieval Latin quiddits, from Latin quid, what; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.]
Thus (I add) the verb form quiddify would mean to split hairs, to make fine distinctions in a discussion of the real nature of something.
2007-03-26 01:44:52 · answer #1 · answered by silvcslt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This may be 'poetic license'.
Quidity is the essence of a thing, what makes a thing what it is.
So Quidify would mean the essence of April, what makes April what it is.
2007-03-26 09:51:27 · answer #2 · answered by concernedjean 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends what you are asking. Are you asking whether the English word "god" has a meaning; and if so what is it? Or are you asking whether "God (the Creator" has meaning in who He is and what He does? The first question about the Eng word "god"; well to be honest, I do NOt know what is the origin of the word. I guess I can check online, but that would be me just regurgitating what someone else has written. I tend to think of the Eng word "god" to refer to "a or the Creator". When used of the biblical God, then I would refer to "God" as meaning "the uncreated Creator who is full of power and might; a king who has the right and ability to judge, but is not confined to a physical form" As for whether the God of the Bible has meaning... I would say that the question is the wrong way round: the God of the Bible is the means by which ALL else has meaning. No thing can have meaning unless the God of the Bible is truly who He says He is. I understand then that this implies that one has to accept that the God of the Bible - 1 - Exists 2 - Can be experienced by mankind 3 - The Bible is an accurate account of God communicating with mankind (in its original language) I guess what could help answer the second question is "Why should anything have meaning?" Or better still "Why are humans looking for meaning in things?" across ALL cultures throughout all of recorded history... Hope this helps
2016-03-17 02:28:43 · answer #3 · answered by Nedra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The closest word I know to quiddify is quiddity. It means the nature of the thing - the essence of a thing.
2007-03-26 01:46:29 · answer #4 · answered by Meg M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, fy is the latin stem for make. Hence, all you need to know is what quidd is.
2007-03-26 01:52:46 · answer #5 · answered by Night 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋