Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
quoth . - See
quad , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Slang To put in quod, or prison; to lock up; to jug.
- verb obsolete Quoth; said. See
quoth . - noun Slang A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; hence, a prison.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; a
prison . - noun uncountable, Australia, slang Confinement in a
prison . - verb obsolete
Quoth .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Idem propemodum quod_ micare, _quod talos jacere, quod tesseras; quibus in rebus temeritas et casus, non ratio et consilium valent.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various
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Ad quod accedic, fi dogma quod« piaoi palacn lege fanciatur, quod falfum putes, licitum tSe oportere modefte diflenfum fuum tef* tari, fine contentione ', & tumultu.
De veritate religionis christianæ Hugo Grotius, Jean Le Clerc, 1657-1736 1772
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_ "Castigo te non quod odio habeam, sed quod_ AMEM.
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Henry Fielding 1730
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Brixham was a clerk in an insurance office, and Morgan could put him into what he called quod any day.
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Morgan could put him into what he called quod any day.
The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Brixham was a clerk in an insurance office, and Morgan could put him into what he called quod any day.
The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Unde et nos pie credimus, confidimus et speramus, quod Theothocos, sancta polorum terreque potentissima imperatrix, inter alia loca dominacionis sue ortum sibi deliciarum preuiderit, elegerit et constituerit istud sanctum monasterium ex antiquo, in quod libenter perambulauit et frequenter, clausum Dei custodia circumdedit et protexit diligenter, ex quo orationum feruencium et uirtutum omnium spirauit odor suauissimus habundanter.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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I’m still in quod for the Grolsch bottle incident, Chaz.
Cheeseburger Gothic » This way ladies, if you would care to follow me. 2010
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Therefore they're one and the same person, Q.E.D., and put little Thipps in quod.
Whose Body? Dorothy Leigh 1923
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We call it QED, after the Latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum, or "proven as demonstrated," and it is intended to bridge the funding gap, popularly known as the "Valley of Death," between research grants and private investment while advocating proof-of-concept development projects within the life sciences.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
knitandpurl commented on the word quod
"'But the old woman — Lady Gawd 'elp us — 'as put 'er old man in quod.'"
Poet's Pub by Eric Linklater, p 299 of the Orkney Edition hardcover
November 25, 2011