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

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 Holt, Emily Sarah

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

The sun, quotha? or white, white Smoke with fire all alight.

From American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany by Various

Well, I go, I go; I fetch her, I bring her, I conduct her; not come quotha, and I her uncle!

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir

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

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir