quotable

adjective

quot·​able ˈkwō-tə-bəl How to pronounce quotable (audio)
 also  ˈkō-
: fit for or worth quoting
quotability
ˌkwō-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce quotable (audio)
 also  ˌkō-
noun

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Justice Souter approached judging as a careful duty, not a vehicle for quotable soundbites or a run at a judicial Mount Rushmore. Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 15 May 2025 Her poems of that era — sonnets, epigrams, eminently quotable snippets of rhymed gossip — pulse with the dynamism and attitude of the modern city. A.o. Scott, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 The quotable classic is Certified Fresh with an 89 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and snagged the top spot of IGN's favorite Christmas movies list in 2011. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024 All the same, Cronenberg gives the material an appropriately wintry melancholia, while coaxing an iconically intense (and quotable!) performance from his star, Christopher Walken. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quotable

Word History

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of quotable was in 1811

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“Quotable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quotable. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.

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quotable

adjective
quot·​able ˈkwōt-ə-bəl How to pronounce quotable (audio)
: fit for or worth quoting

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