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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

Company, quotha? then that I shall point-device,      And also do you good and true service,      And thereto I plight my troth!

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew

I hope you have seen many boys with such pickadevaunts66 as I have: boy, quotha!

From The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1604 by Dyce, Alexander

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

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

"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 Curling, Henry

So much the better.——Foibles, quotha? foibles are foils that give additional lustre to the gems of virtue.

From Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts by Colman, George