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qua•le
(kwä′lē, -lā, kwā′lē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -li•a (-lē ə).USA pronunciation [Philos.]
- Philosophya quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
- Philosophya sense-datum or feeling having a distinctive quality.
- Latin quāle, neuter singular of quālis of what sort
- 1665–75