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quotable

[ kwoh-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. able to be quoted or easily quoted, as by reason of effectiveness, succinctness, or the like:

    the most quotable book of the season.

  2. suitable or appropriate for quotation:

    His comments were hilarious but unfortunately not quotable.



quotable

/ ˈəʊəə /

adjective

  1. apt or suitable for quotation

    his remarks are not quotable in mixed company

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Derived Forms

  • ˌܴdzٲˈٲ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܴdza·i·ٲ ܴdza··Ա noun
  • ܴdza· adverb
  • ܲ·ܴdza· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of quotable1

First recorded in 1815–25; quote + -able
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Republican strategist Karl Rove, who worked for the quotable George W. Bush, spelled out the practical case for magnanimity in the Wall Street Journal:

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Gilpin is quick-witted and highly quotable, with a gift for conjuring evocative imagery on the fly, all of which makes for a lively interview.

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With a friendship dating back to childhood and a professional partnership that began in their college years, Abrahams and the Zuckers created some of the most quotable comedies of the era.

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Salmond's interviews, his speeches and his contributions in the House of Commons and the Scottish Parliament were strewn with shrewd and highly quotable little nuggets - politics boiled down to their essence.

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There’s a sort of relief in, as Stewart put it, returning to the cliches, the standards of American political theater: the quotable soundbites, the moments that say more than any well-positioned breakdown of domestic growth.

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