Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb Uttered; said. Used only in the first and third persons, with the subject following.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Preterit of
quethe .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Said; spoke; uttered; -- used only in the first and third persons in the past tenses, and always followed by its nominative, the word or words said being the object.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic or literary Simple past of
quethe ;said
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Sultan’; and again quoth he, ‘If calamity befal one who is not pure by ablution; verily and assuredly let him blame none but himself.’
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"If a whale can go through that channel, I can," quoth "Cap'n Nat."
The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898
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"Not in _ein_ t'ousand year," quoth "Dutch" Tischer, Callahan's alternate on the fast mail.
The Grafters Francis Lynde 1893
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(Sayeth I: if it has "quoth" in the title, it's gotta be good.)
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To look around and get out of your freaking country and on to Pointe Noire in Congo, quoth I.
Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment Mike Arkus 2010
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Time for me to hold forth: "Every country should hold up Ethiopian officials for three hours at their airports, not the ordinary people of course," quoth I.
Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment Mike Arkus 2010
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While the company warned that this might not continue indefinitely — quoth the prospectus, "sellers may become increasingly sophisticated about the valuation and prices of their forests and may demand higher premiums for high quality forests" — that loss of advantage isn't necessarily inevitable or imminent.
China's Forest Versus Hong Kong's Trees Joseph Sternberg 2011
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Time for me to hold forth: "Every country should hold up Ethiopian officials for three hours at their airports, not the ordinary people of course," quoth I.
Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment Mike Arkus 2010
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Cool, urban Alec Baldwin has decided to go and chat to his mates about stuff; "the chatshow guest turns host", quoth the blurb.
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They obviously didn’t get the message that the Pentagon is narrowing its capabilities to fighting one, not two wars, because they all want to go mano a mano with Ahmadinejad “make my day,” quoth the Hermanator.
John Feffer: Republican Heavy Metal: The Apocalyptics John Feffer 2012
karmicunderpath commented on the word quoth
quoth the raven 'nevermore'
August 21, 2007