quale

quale [kwah-lee, -ley, kwey-] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural qua·li·a [kwah-lee-uh, kwey-] /ˈkwɑ li ə, ˈkweɪ-/. Philosophy.

1. a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
2. a sense-datum or feeling having a distinctive quality.

Origin of quale 1665–75; Latin quāle, neuter singular of quālis of what sort Examples from the Web for qualia Historical Examples of qualia

Hi tamen interdum talia faciunt, qualia qui vere philosophantur.

History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)

Adolph Harnack

British Dictionary definitions for qualia quale noun plural -lia (-lɪə)

1. philosophy an essential property or quality

Word Origin for quale C17: Latin, neuter singular of qualis of what kind Word Origin and History for qualia quale n.

“death, destruction,” Old English cwalu, cognate with Old Norse kval “torment, torture,” from a variant of the root of quell.