quoth
Spoke, in verse
Quoth is an archaic verb meaning "said," used only in the past tense and only before its subject: Quoth the raven, "Nevermore." It survives almost exclusively through Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem and in deliberately old-fashioned or humorous contexts.
Modern speakers encounter it mainly as a literary reference or when someone wants to sound mock-formal.
Archaic for speaks
- spakeArchaic past of utter
- hathArchaic possessive verb
- dothArchaic third-person singular
- theeSecond-person object, antiquated
thou · ye · yon · whilst · betwixt · forsooth · wouldst · couldst
Large black carrion bird
- nevermoreAt no future time
- LenoreLamented woman's name
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
- drearyDull and depressing
macabre · chamber · Pallas · December · prophet · ghastly · grim · pallid
To vocalize words
- declareState officially
- proclaimDeclare officially and openly
- announceState something officially
- pronounceUtter distinctly, vocalize
articulate · speak · voice · intone · recite · declaim · profess · assert
Metered poetic passage
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- balladNarrative poem or song
- odeLaudatory verse form
- elegyPoem lamenting the departed
sonnet · meter · rhyme · refrain · canto · recitation · bard · minstrel
Mention as authority
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- excerptPortion taken from larger work
- passageSegment of text
phrase · saying · utterance · words · invocation · epigraph · inscription
saith
Archaic for speaks
thee · thou · ye · yon · whilst · betwixt · forsooth · wouldst · couldst · writ
raven
Large black carrion bird
dreary · macabre · chamber · Pallas · December · prophet · ghastly · grim · pallid · bust
utter
To vocalize words
pronounce · articulate · speak · voice · intone · recite · declaim · profess · assert · affirm
verse
Metered poetic passage
elegy · sonnet · meter · rhyme · refrain · canto · recitation · bard · minstrel · scribe
cite
Mention as authority
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- excerptPortion taken from larger work
passage · phrase · saying · utterance · words · invocation · epigraph · inscription
- air quotesGestured skeptical punctuation
- immigration quotaCap on permitted newcomers
- famous quotesWidely recognized attributed statements
- movie quoteMemorable cinema dialogue
- quote unquoteVerbal air quotes
- single quotesPunctuation for embedded quotations
quote, quota, quoted, quotes, quotidian, misquote, quotient, unquote, quotable