quiddities

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1. The trend of the plain style in English literary prose which started in the 17th and 18th century paled by comparison the disgusting various quirks and quiddities of legal language.
    17和18世纪开始的英国散文中平易风格的趋势，使得法律语言的令人生厌的种种怪异特点相形见绌。