quotableadj.
/ˈkwəʊtəbl/, U.S. /ˈkwoʊdəb(ə)l/ Suitable for quoting, susceptible of being quoted.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > of quoting or inclined to quote > suitable for quoting
quotable1805
quoteworthy1870
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [adjective] > determined or stated (of price) > able to be
quotable1883
1805 J. Mackintosh Jrnl. 18 July in R. J. Mackintosh Life (1835) I. v. 246 There is no quotable writer for the liberty of the press, who would not allow that it was so.
1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 326 The Spectators and Ramblers have not failed to cull some quotable sentences.
1883 Manch. Examiner 27 Nov. 4/6 There is no quotable change at any of the spot markets.
1924 Amer. Mercury Sept. 49/2 Harmless platitudes whose soporific Presidentese was but occasionally modified by a quotable slogan.
1956 Shakspeare Q. 7 186 More consciously leering—but also more quotable—is his statement warning women not to imitate a merchant ship too literally.
1995 Newsweek 31 July 39/3 Faith Popcorn, the endlessly quotable president of a marketing firm called BrainReserve.
Derivatives
ˈquotably adv. in a manner worth quoting, significantly; in a manner that can be quoted.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [adverb] > able to be stated
quotably1844
1844 Times 22 Jan. 3/5 Beans, oats, and shelling, were rather heavy on the market, but not quotably lower.
1881 Daily News 17 Jan. 3/3 Cotton yarns are not quotably dearer.
1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 30 June (1995) 218 I was asked a series of questions, with a request to answer briefly, brightly, and quotably.
1997 GQ Sept. 147/2 Dave Bassett talks as fast as a stallholder, but quotably.
ˈquotableness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > fondness for quotations > suitability for quoting
quotabilitya1849
quotableness1888
1888 Athenæum 24 Nov. 693/2 This uncouthness interferes with the quotableness..of not a few anecdotes amusing enough in themselves.
1953 in W. St Clair Godwins & Shelleys xvii. 229 The quotableness that constitutes the principal beauty of poetry.
1971 Ada (Okla.) Evening News 8 Aug. 9/2 You reduce it from that large, sweeping quotableness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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adj.1805