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quotable

[ kwoh-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. able to be quoted or easily quoted, as by reason of effectiveness, succinctness, or the like:

    the most quotable book of the season.

  2. suitable or appropriate for quotation:

    His comments were hilarious but unfortunately not quotable.



quotable

/ ˈkwəʊtəbəl /

adjective

  1. apt or suitable for quotation

    his remarks are not quotable in mixed company



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Derived Forms

  • ˌquotaˈbility, noun

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Other Words From

  • quota·bili·ty quota·ble·ness noun
  • quota·bly adverb
  • un·quota·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of quotable1

First recorded in 1815–25; quote + -able

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Example Sentences

There was the dorm-room cult classic Fight Club and the endlessly quotable Mike Judge magnum opus Office Space.

The cascade of same-sex marriage rulings is now a torrent, each more quotable and image-ready than the last.

It is, on the other hand, a sizzle reel of quotable dialogue.

Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Juno, is known for catchy, quotable dialogue.

It is, of course, no sin that important poetry is also easily quotable.

When he attacked the government he was eminently quotable, and this endeared him to both reporters and editors.

It was a more or less pointless witticism, but it had a humorous quotable flavor, and it made Evans mad.

He made frequent marginal notes along the pages of the world's moral history—notes not always quotable in the family circle.

On every page of the book there was something pungent, something quotable; but many pages of such writing became tiresome.

Quotable matter is generally considered to be strongly veined with thought.

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