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quotha

American  

[kwoh-thuh] / ˈkwoʊ θə /

interjection

Archaic.

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

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quotha British  

/ ˈkwəʊθə /

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

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Etymology

Origin of quotha

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

Example Sentences

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quotha

But I ought not to have said what I did, quotha, touching Father’s nose!

From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt

"Offended, quotha," said the gallant, as he stood pluming himself, like a bird, and pinching out his crushed ruff, which starched with yellow starch stood out a foot at least from his neck.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling

"Wrong, quotha?" cried the other, jumping out of the heather.

From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Dance, quotha, and with such a lass as Anne Hathaway—Ha!

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling

But why, since thou'rt sailing i' the fleet, Tim, didst thou not come aboard the Revenge, quotha?

From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Robert Leighton