Quoth vs Quaff - What's the difference?
quoth | quaff |
(archaic, or, literary) (quethe); said
* 19th century ,
* 1845
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
*:“Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow,” quoth Robin, “thou seemest happy this merry morn.”
*:“Ay, that am I,” quoth the jolly Butcher, “and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?”
To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
The act of quaffing, a deep draught.
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As verbs the difference between quoth and quaff
is that quoth is simple past of quethe; said while quaff is to drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.As a noun quaff is
the act of quaffing, a deep draught.quoth
English
Verb
- “Pull, if ye never pull’d before;
- Good ringers, pull your best,” quoth he.
- Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!
Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”
quaff
English
Verb
(en verb)- quaffed off the muscadel
- They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet / Quaff immortality and joy.