quiddan, quiddanet

[A corrupt. of Latin cydonium = quince-juice, from cydonium ( malum )=a quince; properly (an apple) of Cydonia, in Crete; Gr. kydōnion.] [QUINCE.) A confection of quinces prepared with sugar. IMG:content-0104.png:[blocks in formation] A subtlety, an equivocation, a quibble. *quid-dit, s. [A contract. of quiddity (q. v.).] bell ropes." -Ben Jonson: Every Man out of his Humor. "Causes have their quiddits , and 'tis ill jesting with