quoth

Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

declared writ Methinks doth couldst

Examples

Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore - Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore! Quoth the raven, `Nevermore. Edgar Allan Poe

"Sister," quoth Flesh, "what liv'st thou on Nothing but Meditation? Anne Bradstreet

I have got him fast hung up, quoth Didius to himself, upon one of the two horns of my dilemma - let him get off as he can. Laurence Sterne

Agree between yourselves, quoth Arlotto, and I will make it rain. Italian Proverb

We hounds flew the Hare, quoth the messoun. Scottish Proverb

Every man for Himself, quoth the mertine. Scottish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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