quoth
[ kwohth ]
/ kwoʊθ /
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verb Archaic.
said (used with nouns, and with first- and third-person pronouns, and always placed before the subject): Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”
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Also quo [kwoh] /kwoʊ/ .
Origin of quoth
First recorded in 1150–1200; preterit of quethe (otherwise obsolete), Middle English quethen, Old English cwethan “to say.” Cf. bequeath
Words nearby quoth
quote, quoted company, quote-driven, quote-unquote, quoteworthy, quoth, quotha, quotid., quotidian, quotient, quotient group
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quoth
/ (kwəʊθ) /
verb
archaic (used with all pronouns except thou and you, and with nouns) another word for said 1 (def. 2)
Word Origin for quoth
Old English cwæth, third person singular of cwethan to say; related to Old Frisian quetha to say, Old Saxon, Old High German quethan; see bequeath
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