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quoth

Pronunciation: /kwəʊθ/

Definition of quoth

verb

[with direct speech] archaic or humorous
  • said (used only in first and third person singular before the subject):‘Ah,’ quoth he, as soon as the bike started, ‘a blown cylinder head gasket.’

Origin:

Middle English: past tense of obsolete quethe 'say, declare', of Germanic origin

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