Lexic.us

Definition of Quotable

1. Adjective. Able or fit to be repeated or quoted. "He comes up with so many quotable phrases"

2. Adjective. Suitable for or worthy of quotation. "His remarks are not quotable in mixed company"

Definition of Quotable

1. a. Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence.

Definition of Quotable

1. Adjective. Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quotable

1. quote [adj] - See also: quote

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quotable

quopped quopping quops quora quorate quorates quorum quorum sensing quorums quot.

quot homines tot sententiæ quota quota-hopping quotabilities quotability quotable (current term) quotably quotaless quotalike quotas

quotation quotation-mark quotation mark quotation marks quotationally quotationist quotationists quotations quotative quotatives

Literary usage of Quotable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"one of the most quotable of men, as quotable as Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne, Bacon, or Emerson. Five or six volumes from his sermons, speeches, and essays, ..."

2. The Career of Dion Boucicault by Townsend Walsh (1915)
"All through his works—even in his most hastily written pot-boilers—are to be found quotable passages admirable not only in advancing the story of the play ..."

3. Atharva-veda Saṁhitā by William Dwight Whitney (1904)
"Root i ith does not appear to be quotable with a, and it would seem that SPP's emendation (root vah with a) must of need be preferred. ..."

4. American Druggist (1893)
"BURGUNDY PITCH is without quotable change, and may be obtained in jobbing ... MENTHOL is still in small supply though without quotable change at $3.25 for ..."

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