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quotha

[kwoh-thuh]

interjection Archaic.

indeed! (used ironically or contemptuously in quoting another).

Origin:
1510–20; from quoth a quoth he

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quotha (ˈkwəʊθə)

—*interj*
	archaic an expression of mild sarcasm, used in picking up a word or phrase used by someone else: Art thou mad? Mad, quotha! I am more sane than thou

[C16: from quoth a quoth he]

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