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Definition of Tertium quid
1. Noun. Some third thing similar to two opposites but distinct from both.
Definition of Tertium quid
1. Noun. something intermediate between two classifications ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tertium Quid
Literary usage of Tertium quid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1867)
"(/)) But this tertium quid muet be able to invade that original antithesis ...
Identity produced out of difference is indifference ; that tertium quid in ..."
2. An Introduction to the Scientific Study of English Poetry: Being Prolegomena by Mark Harvey Liddell (1902)
"One may say in the language of rhapsody that the marriage of two arts produces
a tertium quid beyond the power of reason to analyze. But be that as it may, ..."
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