HAECCEITY or HECCEITY

PRONUNCIATION: (hek/hik-SEE-uh-tee)

MEANING: noun: The quality that makes something or someone what they are.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin haecceitas (thisness), from Latin haec, feminine of hic (this). Earliest documented use: 1635. Also see quiddity.
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HECCEITY - the quality that makes something or someone a Cockney

HAEC DEITY - this God

HA! ECCE TY - Look! It's Mr Cobb. Everybody laugh!