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/(ˌ)ʌnˈkwəʊt/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkwəʊt/, U.S. /ˈənˌkwoʊt/ intransitive (imperative). Used in actual and reported speech to represent the end of a passage that one is quoting or purporting to quote. Frequently paired with quote (see quote v. 4c).In quot. 1910 transitive with the person quoted as object.
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1910 Logansport (Indiana) Jrnl. 6 Dec. 1/1 Atwater..had presented a lengthy statement which (quote Nelson) it would be imposing upon your honorable body to copy in full (unquote Nelson).
1918 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 11 Dec. 2/3 Title of picture to be quote Watchful Waiting unquote.
1935 E. E. Cummings Let. 3 Oct. (1969) 145 The Isful ubiquitous wasless&-shallbeless quote scrotumtightening unquote omnivorously eternal thalassa pelagas or Ocean.
1969 New Yorker 11 Oct. 48/2 Then Mr. Tanks announced the last downtown stop. He said, ‘Madison Square Garden, Penn Station..et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, unquote’.
2011 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 23 Apr. 26 It has long been thought that there is a quote gender split unquote over decision-making.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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