quale
Americannoun
plural
qualia-
a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
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a sense-datum or feeling having a distinctive quality.
noun
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philosophy an essential property or quality
Etymology
Origin of quale
1665–75; < Latin quāle, neuter singular of quālis of what sort
Example Sentences
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“So the apparent passage of time is the quale of chronon absorption?” asked the Psychologist.
From Nature • Jun. 16, 2020
"Cognoscerai i lasciati vestigi del vetusto satiro Giovenale, e del famoso commendato poeta Boccaccio, l'ornatissimo idioma e stile del quale ti hai sempre ingegnato de imitare."
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
After this exordium, he commits to Brunelleschi's care his little book on painting, quale a tuo nome feci in lingua toscana.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
Veramente in voi è la salute, per la quale si fa beato chi vi guarda, e salvo dalla morte della ignoranza e delli vizi....
From Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe by Santayana, George
I cannot find any satisfactory explanation of this proverbial saying, which may be rendered in two ways, according as quale and tale are taken as relative to a thing or a person.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John
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