quotha

American

[kwoh-thuh] / ˈkwoʊ θə /

interjection

Archaic.

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

quotha British

/ ˈkwəʊθə /

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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Etymology

Origin of quotha

First recorded in 1510–20; from quoth a quoth he

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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“Quotha! that is good!” exclaimed Ethelfleda.

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Quotha! but the gifts will be showered upon the maiden.

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