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Quotable   Listen
adjective
Quotable  adj.  Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Quotable" Quotes from Famous Books



... imitated by Wieland, praised by Voltaire, and quoted by Kant. But this success was due in part to the accuracy with which it reflected ideas which were the common property of its age, in part to the extraordinary vigor and finish of its epigrams, which made it one of the most quotable of English poems. But as a whole the Essay is not a great poem. The poet is evidently struggling with a subject that is too weighty for him, and at times he staggers and sinks beneath his burden. The second and third books in particular are, it must be confessed, with the exception of one or two ...
— The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems • Alexander Pope



Words linked to "Quotable" :   repeatable, worthy, quotability, unquotable



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