quoteworthy

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adjective

Worthy of being quoted; quotable.

Scrabble 29

Meanings

adjectivequoteworthy (comparative more quoteworthy, superlative most quoteworthy)

comparative more quoteworthy · superlative most quoteworthy

  1. Worthy of being quoted; quotable.

    Do not forget quoteworthy comments from stakeholders in the process.

    2004, Kenneth L. Rosenauer, Storycrafting: A Process Approach to Writing News, page 229
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    The Earl of Lauderdale's speech is especially quoteworthy in the light of the horrors that he had just heard.

    1964, Lawrence Wright, Home Fires Burning: The History of Domestic Heating and Cooking, page 110

    Furthermore, whilst we would have been pleased to have been able to give you some quoteworthy examples of men cruelly dominating the choice of video movie rentals, these simply did not appear in the diaries either.

    1999, David Gauntlett, Annette Hill, TV Living: Television, Culture and Everyday Life, page 158

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷóti
  2. Proto-Italic*kʷot
  3. Latinquot
  4. Latinquotus
  5. Medieval Latinquotāre
  6. Old Frenchcoter
  7. Middle Englishquoten
  8. Englishquote
  9. Englishquoteworthy

From quote + -worthy.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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