|
|
Definition of Quoth
1. v. t. 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: as, quoth I, quoth he.
Definition of Quoth
1. Verb. (archaic or literary) (simple past of quethe); said ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quoth
1. said -- QUOTH is the only accepted form of this verb; it cannot be conjugated [v]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quoth
Literary usage of Quoth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"I will tell you my Fantasy, quoth he ; n?» to the Thing, that you desire to have
done but you shall promise me by your Faith; that I unto you. ..."
2. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1842)
"By my truth, quoth he, and so we doe. Do you so ; quoth I ? ... Here is all the
Matier, quoth 1. You take a wrong Pathe : You compte these ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1857)
"'The devil will find them out in private, as well as in public,' quoth she. ...
quoth Old Crab, who had just come into the room unobserved ; ' you have set ..."
4. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1865)
"What overture was that 1 quoth I. Marry, quoth he, the overture of the marriage
of the lady ... Yes, quoth he. We should have been enemies to enemies, ..."
Other Resources:
