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Definition of Quotha
1. interj. Indeed; forsooth.
Definition of Quotha
1. Interjection. Indeed; forsooth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quotha
1. used to express surprise or sarcasm [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quotha
Literary usage of Quotha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal [Aug. 1, 1832 to July 17, 1833] by Fanny Kemble (1835)
"our way to Mr. 's, my father told me he had been seeing Miss Clifton, the girl
they want him to teach to act; (to teach to act, quotha! ..."
2. Passages from the American Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1868)
"... for several vessels were disgorging themselves (what an unseemly figure is
this,—" disgorge " quotha, as if the vessels were sick) on the wharf, ..."
3. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt, Robert Dodsley (1876)
"News, quotha! Indeed, sir, the truth is I am a Shoemaker by my trade ; my name
... Cheap, quotha ! Why, sir, I'll tell you, (for you Look like a very honest ..."
4. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1888)
"Lost and won, my dear,' quotha, ' lost and won.' ' What though, what though to
her silk-soft bower Whelmed in the forest she steps no more, Though search be ..."
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