| \KWOH-thuh\ | interjection
1. Archaic. indeed! (used ironically or contemptuously in quoting another). | | Quotes | Lady H. H: A tar barrel, quotha! A thorn tree—quotha! You that were harping on galaxies and milky ways! You that were swearing I outshone 'em all!
-- Virginia Woolf, Between the Acts, 1941 | | Origin | | Quotha entered English in the early 1500s from quoth a meaning "quoth he." Quoth, an archaic verb meaning "said," has been used since Middle English was spoken. | |
