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unquote

particle

Etymology

From un- + quote; possibly an eggcorn of end quote.

  1. derived from quotus — “which, what number (in sequence)”
  2. derived from quotāre — “to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”
  3. derived from coter
  4. inherited from quoten
  5. prefixed as unquote — “un + quote”

Definitions

  1. Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.

    • Telegram for the Dover Boys, Messrs. Tom, Dick and Larry, care of Wayward Tavern, Upper Bottleneck, New York, sirs, quote, HEEEELP!, unquote, signed Dora. 35 cents collect.
    • And that's what we did, sat in the back of the patrol car and drove to the quote Scene of the Crime unquote.
    • Mackerras himself wrote, and I quote: "He is a prostitute, whose liaisons with perverts and sodomites were commonplace in his brief and forgettable career at Caius. Lock up the silverware." Unquote.

  2. To convert (a quoted expression) back to its original form.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unquote. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA