QUOTH
What does "QUOTH" mean?
An archaic past-tense word meaning "said," always placed before its subject.
Meanings
- Said; used before the speaker's name or pronoun, as in 'quoth he'. "Nevermore," quoth the raven from the chamber door. archaic
Did you know?
- Edgar Allan Poe made the word immortal in 1845: the refrain 'Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore"' in 'The Raven' is the reason most English speakers have ever met this otherwise dead word.
"Quoth the Raven "Nevermore.""— Edgar Allan Poe
Word origin
From Old English 'cwæþ', the past tense of 'cweðan' (to say, speak), related to 'bequeath'; survives only in fixed, deliberately old-fashioned constructions.
Remember it
QUOTH = a QUOTE with an H of breath - the antique way to say 'he said' before a famous saying.
A little poem
"Quoth" is a door the present cannot use-
it opens only on the speaking dead.
couplet
What it teaches
A single word can survive a language's death if one perfect poem refuses to let it go.
Quick facts
What does QUOTH mean?
An archaic past-tense word meaning "said," always placed before its subject.
Is QUOTH a valid word?
Yes — QUOTH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is QUOTH?
QUOTH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does QUOTH come from?
From Old English 'cwæþ', the past tense of 'cweðan' (to say, speak), related to 'bequeath'; survives only in fixed, deliberately old-fashioned constructions.
What can QUOTH teach us?
A single word can survive a language's death if one perfect poem refuses to let it go.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.