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

If you do this, she will tell your brother, you will say; and what then, quotha?

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

How fares she, quotha? marry, she may fare how she will for you.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various

Dost know how you have alarmed us, 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 Leighton, Robert

So my sweet young damosel hath made friends, quotha!

From For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary by Petherick, Horace

Luck, quotha, to see men ne'er seen before!

From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus