quotable

[ kwoh-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. able to be quoted or easily quoted, as by reason of effectiveness, succinctness, or the like:

   the most quotable book of the season.

2. suitable or appropriate for quotation:

   His comments were hilarious but unfortunately not quotable.

quotable

/ ˈkwəʊtəbəl /

adjective

1. apt or suitable for quotation

   his remarks are not quotable in mixed company

Derived Forms

• ˌquotaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• quota·bili·ty quota·ble·ness noun
• quota·bly adverb
• un·quota·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of quotable¹

First recorded in 1815–25; quote + -able

Example Sentences

Salmond's interviews, his speeches and his contributions in the House of Commons and the Scottish Parliament were strewn with shrewd and highly quotable little nuggets - politics boiled down to their essence.

From BBC

There’s a sort of relief in, as Stewart put it, returning to the cliches, the standards of American political theater: the quotable soundbites, the moments that say more than any well-positioned breakdown of domestic growth.

From Salon

Penn Badgley jumped on the bandwagon, filming himself on set of the next season of “You” while repeating Lebron’s quotable line, “See how I come to work? Very demure.”

From Salon

That approach meant "many of the most quotable one-liners arose spontaneously within the moment", noted the Guardian's Charles Bramesco.

From BBC

There is no more quotable novel about Hollywood than Carrie Fisher’s roman à clef, “Postcards From the Edge.”

From Los Angeles Times