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TERTIUM QUID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tertium quid mean? 

TERTIUM QUID (noun)
  The noun TERTIUM QUID has 1 sense:

1. some third thing similar to two opposites but distinct from bothplay

  Familiarity information: TERTIUM QUID used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TERTIUM QUID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Some third thing similar to two opposites but distinct from both

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("tertium quid" is a kind of...):

oppositeness; opposition (the relation between opposed entities)


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