li, -leɪ, ˈkweɪ noun, plural qua·li·a 
[-lee-uh] . Philosophy.
[-lee-uh] . Philosophy. 1.
a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
2.
a sense-datum or feeling having a distinctive quality.
Origin:
1665–75; < Latin quāle, neuter singular of quālis of what sort
1665–75; < Latin quāle, neuter singular of quālis of what sort
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| —n , pl -lia | |
| philosophy an essential property or quality | |
| [C17: Latin, neuter singular of qualis of what kind] | |
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