quoth

Meanings

• an archaic or literary word meaning to speak, to declare, or to assert.

  - "Example 1: Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'.'"
  - "Example 2: Quoth the ancient sage, 'Wisdom comes only with experience'.'"

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Pronunciation

1. /kwoʊθ/
   
   
   
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Rhymes

Words rhyming with quoth
quote , coat , goat , moat , boat

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Homophones

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1. quot (en) : a symbol used to represent a unit of measurement, a price, or a reference to a passage or a quote in a text.
   

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Variants

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quoth

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Forms

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Quoth is typically used as a verb in the past tense, e.g., 'He quoth that he would come'.

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Etymology

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From Old English cwothan, from cwathan to speak, to declare, to assert.

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Trivia

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1. Did you know that the word 'quoth' is derived from the Old English word 'cwothan', which means 'to speak' or 'to declare'?

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Related Concepts

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1. quoted speech: Quoth is often used in conjunction with quoted speech to indicate the reported or indirect speech of a character or narrator in a text.

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Culture

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Quoth has been used extensively in literature, particularly in poetry. Its archaic and literary nature lends itself to poetic expression. One famous example of quoth in poetry is Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'The Raven', where the raven's repeated utterance of 'Nevermore' serves as a poetic and symbolic representation of the idea of the irrevocability of the past.

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