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Stepping up my word game with origins, and quotes. Enjoy Quotha \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.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:05:59 +0000

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