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Sep. 18, 2014
Word of the Day

quotha Audio Pronunciation
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\KWOH-thuh\
interjection
1. Archaic. indeed! (used ironically or contemptuously in quoting another).
Quotes
Lady H. H: A tar barrel, quotha! A thorn tree—quotha! You that were harping on galaxies and milky ways! You that were swearing I outshone 'em all!
-- Virginia Woolf, Between the Acts, 1941
Origin
Quotha entered English in the early 1500s from quoth a meaning "quoth he." Quoth, an archaic verb meaning "said," has been used since Middle English was spoken.
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