Meaning of quotha | Babel Free

Definitions

Forsooth; indeed.

archaic

Examples

“Here[ticus]. Then I praie you tell⟳ me, when we shall mete agayne: Cath[olicus]. Mete againe? why art thou not well yet? Here[ticus]. Well yet quotha? Mary sir all this is nothynge to that I looke for.”

“1678, Thomas d’Urfey, The Fool Turn’d Critick, London: James Magnes and Richard Bentley, Act II, Scene 2, p. 15, 1st. Fid[dler]. Will it please⟳ you Gentlemen to hear⟳ a new Lesson, or a Song A-la-mode. Sir For[mal]. S’bud you impertinent Raskal get⟳ you gone, / Or I’le so batter that Musical sconce of yours. / Song A-la-mode Quotha, I had as lieve hear⟳ a / Gibb Catt howl, and as much pleasure I take⟳ in’t.”

“Mrs. Hardcastle. […] My son is not to live⟳ by his learning. I don’t think⟳ a boy wants much learning to spend⟳ fifteen hundred a year. Hardcastle. Learning, quotha! A mere composition of tricks and mischief.”

“A pretty way to conciliate 'little tempers' indeed, to add⟳ to the offence of spoiling the fish⟳ the crime of bringing an unexpected friend to eat⟳ it. Pot luck, quotha, when the pot's boiled over this half hour!”

“The four boys pumped up their hate⟳ to hissing steam. Harmless, quotha. Innocent, forsooth.”

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