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quotha
[ kwoh-thuh ]
interjection
Archaic.
- indeed! (used ironically or contemptuously in quoting another).
quotha
/ ˈəʊθə /
interjection
- archaic.an expression of mild sarcasm, used in picking up a word or phrase used by someone else
Art thou mad? Mad, quotha! I am more sane than thou
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quotha1
First recorded in 1510–20; from quoth a quoth he
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quotha1
C16: from quoth a quoth he
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"Burn" it, quotha!—it wouldn't have burnt, I would have you know: it would have flown straight up the chimney and taken, unscathed as marble, its invulnerable way to the individual for whom it had just been so admirably winged.
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"Serious quotha!" said I, drawing away from her hand with much dignity.
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He would call it a very bold figure of speech: figure of speech, quotha!
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Marriage, quotha! what, dost thou think I have been bred in the deserts of Africa, or among the savages of America?
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Quotha! but the gifts will be showered upon the maiden.
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