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quotha

quotha interjection: forsooth; indeed.

Interjection

  1. (archaic) Forsooth; indeed.
    • Here[ticus]. Then I praie you tell me, when we shall mete agayne:
      Cath[olicus]. Mete againe? why art thou not well yet?
      Here[ticus]. Well yet quotha? Mary sir all this is nothynge to that I looke for.1554, John Gwynneth, chapter 30, in A Manifeste Detection of the Notable Falshed of That Part of John Frithes Boke Whiche He Calleth His Foundacion, London
    • 1st. Fid[dler]. Will it please you Gentlemen to hear a new Lesson, or a Song A-la-mode.
      Sir For[mal]. S’bud you impertinent Raskal get you gone, / Or I’le so batter that Musical sconce of yours. / Song A-la-mode Quotha, I had as lieve hear a / Gibb Catt howl, and as much pleasure I take in’t.1678, Thomas d’Urfey, The Fool Turn’d Critick, London: James Magnes and Richard Bentley, Act II, Scene 2, p. 15

Origin of quotha

From quoth + a (“he”) (dialectal, obsolete).

Questions about quotha

What does quotha mean?
Quotha means forsooth; indeed.
What part of speech is quotha?
Quotha is an interjection.

Words near quotha in the dictionary

  1. quotes
  2. quotest
  3. quoteth
  4. quoteworthy
  5. quoth
  6. quotha
  7. quothed
  8. quothing
  9. Quothquan
  10. quoths
  11. quotid.

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