akether

Definition

quoth he.

Etymology

Possibly from the phrase “ah,” quoth he. First appears in the 1867 work Jim an' Nell.

Example Sentences

• ""Us wur betwitting Bob to-day, Vor gieing all es things away, Begummers, us wur cort, Akether, 'bin ma kit's ago, I can't work w'e'r I wull or no, I'll maunch an' drink vor nort.'"
• "Then she walked away, not even stopping to listen to the servant's fearless denunciation of her as "a chittering, raving, rixy, louching, haggaging moil, an nor a bent th' worserer nar hot sh' art ter be, th' wapper-eed deave-nort. Giggling akether!" shrieked the old woman, wild with resentment […]"