quoth

American  

[kwohth] / kwoʊθ /

Also quo

verb

Archaic.

1. 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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quoth British  

/ kwəʊθ /

verb

1. archaic another word for said 1

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Etymology

Origin of quoth

First recorded in 1150–1200; preterit of quethe (otherwise obsolete), Middle English quethen, Old English cwethan “to say.” Cf. bequeath

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Example Sentences

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quoth

As quoth Poe: "The simple truths which science unfolds, day after day, are in fact, far stranger, apparently, than the wildest dreams."

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2021

So after a bit, quoth one logical wit: “It was whichever one was the fourrier.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2018

‘Never mind, Mr Audubon,’ quoth the eccentric naturalist, ‘never mind, I’ll soon arrange them again. I have the bats, and that’s enough.’

From The Guardian ● May 3, 2016

So consider this a report, quoth the Haggler, in an email back.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2015

I lifted up the first, blank, page, and surveyed those beneath, to see, as Bono quoth, what the man on the street was wearing.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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