Definition of quoth

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quoth    (kwth) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
Archaic

Uttered; said. Used only in the first and third persons, with the subject following: "Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore!'" (Edgar Allan Poe).

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English cwth, third person sing. past tense of cwethan, to say; see g^wet- in Indo-European roots