quotableness (kwotablnes)

Quotability. Athenæum, Nov. 24, 1888, p. 693. quotably (kwo'ta-bli), adv. So as to be quoted; in a quotable manner. All qualities of round coal prices are weak, though not quotably lower. The Engineer, LXV. 513. quotation (kwō-tā'shon), n. [ Cla ical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world. Johnson , in Boswell, an. 1781. Emerson.. believed in quotation , and borrowed from everybody,.. not in any stealthy or shame-faced way, but proudly. O. W. Holmes, Emerson, xii. 2. That which is quoted; an expre ion, a statement, or a pa age cited or repeated as the utterance of some other speaker or writer; a citation. When the quotation is not only apt, but has in it a term of wit or satire, it is still the better qualified for a medal, as it has a double capacity of pleasing. Add is on, Ancient Medals, iii. 3. In com., the current price of commodities or stocks, published in prices-current, etc. A quotation of price such as appears in a daily price list is, if there has been much fluctuation, only a very rough guide to the actual rates of exchange that have been the basis of the succe ive bargains making up the day's busiEncyc. Brit ., XXII. 465. ne . 4. [Abbr. of quotation - quadrat. ] In printing, a large hollow quadrat, usually of the size 3X4 picas, made for the larger blanks in printed matter. [U. S.] = Syn. 2. Extract. See quote. quotational (kwō-ta's hon-al), a. [