verb
Meaning 1
said
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, defective, literary
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
quoth
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kwəʊθ/
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General-American: /kwoʊθ/
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rhymes with -əʊθ
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: K W OW1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To say.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, auxiliary, defective, modal, nonstandard
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English quoth, quath, from Old English cwæþ (first and third person past indicative of cweþan (“to say, speak to, address, exhort, admonish”)), from Proto-Germanic *kwaþ (first and third person past indicative of Proto-Germanic *kweþaną (“to say”)). Unrelated to quote.
Real reading context