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quotable, a.|ˈkwəʊtəb(ə)l|
[f. quote v. + -able.]
Capable of being quoted; suitable for quoting.
1821Examiner 27/1 Passages of a still more quotable nature. 1849Thoreau Week Concord Riv. Thurs. 326 The Spectators and Ramblers have not failed to cull some quotable sentences. 1883Manch. Exam. 27 Nov. 4/6 There is no quotable change at any of the spot markets.
Hence quotaˈbility, ˈquotableness. Also ˈquotably adv., in a quotable manner, so as to be quoted.
a1849Poe Marginalia Wks. 1865 III. 500 It is the prosaicism of these two writers to which is owing their especial quotability. 1881Daily News 17 Jan. 3/3 Cotton yarns are not quotably dearer. 1888Athenæum 24 Nov. 693/2 This uncouthness interferes with the quotableness..of not a few anecdotes amusing enough in themselves. |
