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quoteworthy en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote English -worthy English quoteworthy From quote + -worthy.

Meanings

1. Worthy of being quoted; quotable.
   • 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:
   • Do not forget quoteworthy comments from stakeholders in the process. 2004, Kenneth L. Rosenauer, Storycrafting: A Process Approach to Writing News, page 229:
   • 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:

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