English-Thai Dictionary
quoth
VT กริยา ช่อง ที่ 2 ของ say(คำ โบรา ณ kri-ya-chong-kong
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
QUOTH
v.i.[L. inquio, contracted. ] To say; to speak. This verb is defective, being used only in the first and third persons in the present and past tenses, as quoth I, quoth he, and the nominative always follows the verb. It is used only in ludicrous language, and has no variation for person, number or tense.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
QUOTH
Quoth, v. t. Etym: [AS. cweedhan, imp cwæedh, pl. cwædon; akin to OS. queedhan, OHG. quethan, quedan, Icel. kveedha, Goth. qiþan. sq. root22. Cf. Bequeath. ]
Defn: 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. "Let me not live, quoth he. " Shak.
QUOTHA
Quoth "a, interj. Etym: [For quoth'a, said he, 'a being corrupted from he. ]
Defn: Indeed; forsooth. To affront the blessed hillside drabs and thieves With mended morals, quotha, -- fine new lives! Mrs. Browning.
New American Oxford Dictionary
quoth
quoth |kwōTH kwoʊθ | ▶verb [ with direct speech ] archaic or humorous said (used only in first and third person singular before the subject ): “Well, the tide is going out ” quoth the sailor. ORIGIN Middle English: past tense of obsolete quethe ‘say, declare, ’ of Germanic origin.
Oxford Dictionary
quoth
quoth |kwəʊθ | ▶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.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
quoth
quoth /kwoʊθ /動詞 他動詞 ｟古 ｠…と言った (said ) (!一 三人称直説法過去形で主語の前に置く ) .
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