quality

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   How good or bad something is.

   This school is known for its high quality of teaching.

2. 2
   noun

   A feature or characteristic of a person or thing.

   Patience is one of her best qualities.

3. 3
   adj

   Of a high standard; very good.

   They only use quality ingredients in their dishes.

From Middle English qualite, from Old French qualité, from Latin quālitās, quālitātem, from quālis (“of what kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (“who, how”). Cicero coined qualitas as a calque to translate the Ancient Greek word ποιότης (poiótēs, “quality”), coined by Plato from ποῖος (poîos, “of what nature, of what kind”).

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