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quotha

[ kwoh-thuh ]

interjection

Archaic.
  1. indeed! (used ironically or contemptuously in quoting another).


quotha

/ ˈəʊθə /

interjection

  1. 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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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Example Sentences

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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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