hearsayn.

Brit.

/ˈhɪəseɪ/, U.S.

/ˈhɪ(ə)rˌseɪ/

Forms: see hear v. and say v.¹ and int. Also 1500s heard say.

Etymology: substantive use of phrase to hear say : see hear v. 3b.

a. That which one hears or has heard some one say; information received by word of mouth, usually with implication that it is not trustworthy; oral tidings; report, tradition, rumour, common talk, gossip.

ΘΠ

society > communication > information > rumour > [noun]

speechc1000

wordOE

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talesa1375

famea1387

inklinga1400

slandera1400

noising1422

rumour?a1425

bruit1477

nickinga1500

commoninga1513

roarc1520

murmura1522

hearsay?1533

cry1569

scandal1596

vogue1626

discourse1677

sough1716

circulation1775

gossip1811

myth1849

breeze1879

sound1899

potin1922

dirt1926

rumble1929

skinny1938

labrish1942

lie and story1950

scam1964

he-say-she-say1972

factoid1973

ripple1977

goss1985

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Eeiv I knowe nothyng of it but by here say.

1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 13^v I haue nothing, but by hearesaye.

1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 315 Thou speakest by heare~saye, rather then by anye experience.

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. ix. i. 199 So much as I have gathered by report and common heare-saie.

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C2 Heresay is too slender an euidence to spit a mans credit vpon.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxix. vi. 1026 Things..which by bare heeresay were reported to haue beene done.

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes v. vii. 417 The whole world was made to tremble at the heare-say of them.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 117 The hearsay of Christ wrought all these things in them.

a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1710) II. 298 Not meerly upon hearsay or tradition.

1761 Gilbert's Law Evidence 112 Hearsay is good evidence to prove, who is my grandfather, when he married, what children he had, etc. of which it is not reasonable to presume that I have better evidence.

1769 W. Draper in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xxvi. 189 Is it hearsay; or the evidence of letters, or ocular?

1847 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall ix I gave him stronger proof than mere hearsay.

b. With a and plural. A report received; a rumour, a piece of gossip.

ΘΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > rumour > a piece of rumour

reportc1440

voice1463

some-say1589

buzz1612

huma1616

hearsaya1642

on dit1814

legend1858

latrine1917

latrinogram1944

gist1990

a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iv. 428/1 This Report seems to be a Hearsay of a second Person.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Introd. 7 I am asham'd to see a Person..tell such little Stories and Hear says.

1730 G. Berkeley Let. 7 May in Wks. (1871) IV. 183 A hearsay, at second or third hand.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 12 Wrappage of traditions, hearsays, mere words.

1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline ii. i. 33 Sometimes a rumour, a hearsay..came.

a. attributive, passing on one side into an adj., on the other giving rise to combinations: (a) Of the nature of hearsay; (b) founded or depending upon what one has heard said, but not within one's direct knowledge, as hearsay account, hearsay censure, hearsay declaration, hearsay knowledge, hearsay report, hearsay rumour, hearsay tale; (c) of hearsay, speaking from hearsay, as hearsay author, hearsay babbler, hearsay witness, †hearsay-man.

ΘΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > of or relating to chat > of or relating to gossip or rumour

hearsaya1586

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. H3 [Those] Whose metall stiff he knew he could not bende With hear-say, pictures or a window looke.

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 18^v I can in these Tynne cases, plead but a hearesay experience.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxv. 171 An hearsay account by Bellonius.

1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 361 These Hear~say-men or Book-Philosophers, called, The Learned, are as ignorant as any..of the true knowledge of God in them~selves.

1738 T. Birch Life Milton App., in J. Milton Wks. I. 94 All the Evidence was two hear-say Depositions taken in 1642, from Persons who were told so by the common Soldiers of the Irish.

1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 13 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 254 We had both of us an hearsay knowledge of each other.

1814 T. Chalmers Evid. Christian Revel. i. 44 The report of hearsay witnesses.

1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 149 To promulgate hearsay reports.

1826 in Sheridaniana 315 The crude opinions of the hearsay babbler.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 143 She blamed herself for telling hearsay tales.

b. hearsay evidence n. evidence consisting in what the witness has heard others say, or what is commonly said, as to facts of which he has himself no original or personal knowledge.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > other types of evidence

direct evidence1591

adminicle1592

extrinsic evidence1660

evidence-in-chief1747

hearsay evidence1753

secondary use1765

secondary evidence1810

rebuttable presumption1837

1753 W. Stewart in Scots Mag. Mar. 135/1 Hearsay-evidence is..rejected in law.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. (1800) xxiii. 368 Yet in some cases (as in proof of any general customs, or matters of common tradition or repute) the courts admit of hearsay evidence.

1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon at Hearsay Evidence The exceptions to the general rule of the inadmissibility of hearsay evidence are..(1) dying declarations; (2) hearsay in questions of pedigree; (3) hearsay on questions of public right, customs, boundaries, [etc.].

1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. vi. 148 Hear~say evidence of the loosest kind was freely admitted.

Derivatives

ˈhearsay v. (intransitive) to tell what one has heard; to repeat rumours.Apparently an isolated use.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. vii. 391 Men riding and running, reporting and hearsaying.

† hear-saying n. (in 4 hyere zigginge) Obsolete hearsay, report = hearing say at hear v. 3c.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 117 He ne may noþing wel conne bote ase me kan þe batayle of troye be hyere-zigginge.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hearsay
释义	hearsayn. Brit. /ˈhɪəseɪ/, U.S. /ˈhɪ(ə)rˌseɪ/ Forms: see hear v. and say v.¹ and int. Also 1500s heard say. Etymology: substantive use of phrase to hear say : see hear v. 3b. 1. a. That which one hears or has heard some one say; information received by word of mouth, usually with implication that it is not trustworthy; oral tidings; report, tradition, rumour, common talk, gossip. ΘΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] speechc1000 wordOE hearinga1300 opinion1340 talesa1375 famea1387 inklinga1400 slandera1400 noising1422 rumour?a1425 bruit1477 nickinga1500 commoninga1513 roarc1520 murmura1522 hearsay?1533 cry1569 scandal1596 vogue1626 discourse1677 sough1716 circulation1775 gossip1811 myth1849 breeze1879 sound1899 potin1922 dirt1926 rumble1929 skinny1938 labrish1942 lie and story1950 scam1964 he-say-she-say1972 factoid1973 ripple1977 goss1985 ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Eeiv I knowe nothyng of it but by here say. 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 13^v I haue nothing, but by hearesaye. 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 315 Thou speakest by heare~saye, rather then by anye experience. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. ix. i. 199 So much as I have gathered by report and common heare-saie. 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C2 Heresay is too slender an euidence to spit a mans credit vpon. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxix. vi. 1026 Things..which by bare heeresay were reported to haue beene done. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes v. vii. 417 The whole world was made to tremble at the heare-say of them. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 117 The hearsay of Christ wrought all these things in them. a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1710) II. 298 Not meerly upon hearsay or tradition. 1761 Gilbert's Law Evidence 112 Hearsay is good evidence to prove, who is my grandfather, when he married, what children he had, etc. of which it is not reasonable to presume that I have better evidence. 1769 W. Draper in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xxvi. 189 Is it hearsay; or the evidence of letters, or ocular? 1847 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall ix I gave him stronger proof than mere hearsay. b. With a and plural. A report received; a rumour, a piece of gossip. ΘΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > rumour > a piece of rumour reportc1440 voice1463 some-say1589 buzz1612 huma1616 hearsaya1642 on dit1814 legend1858 latrine1917 latrinogram1944 gist1990 a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iv. 428/1 This Report seems to be a Hearsay of a second Person. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Introd. 7 I am asham'd to see a Person..tell such little Stories and Hear says. 1730 G. Berkeley Let. 7 May in Wks. (1871) IV. 183 A hearsay, at second or third hand. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 12 Wrappage of traditions, hearsays, mere words. 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline ii. i. 33 Sometimes a rumour, a hearsay..came. 2. a. attributive, passing on one side into an adj., on the other giving rise to combinations: (a) Of the nature of hearsay; (b) founded or depending upon what one has heard said, but not within one's direct knowledge, as hearsay account, hearsay censure, hearsay declaration, hearsay knowledge, hearsay report, hearsay rumour, hearsay tale; (c) of hearsay, speaking from hearsay, as hearsay author, hearsay babbler, hearsay witness, †hearsay-man. ΘΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > of or relating to chat > of or relating to gossip or rumour hearsaya1586 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. H3 [Those] Whose metall stiff he knew he could not bende With hear-say, pictures or a window looke. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 18^v I can in these Tynne cases, plead but a hearesay experience. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxv. 171 An hearsay account by Bellonius. View more context for this quotation 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 361 These Hear~say-men or Book-Philosophers, called, The Learned, are as ignorant as any..of the true knowledge of God in them~selves. 1738 T. Birch Life Milton App., in J. Milton Wks. I. 94 All the Evidence was two hear-say Depositions taken in 1642, from Persons who were told so by the common Soldiers of the Irish. 1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 13 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 254 We had both of us an hearsay knowledge of each other. 1814 T. Chalmers Evid. Christian Revel. i. 44 The report of hearsay witnesses. 1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 149 To promulgate hearsay reports. 1826 in Sheridaniana 315 The crude opinions of the hearsay babbler. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 143 She blamed herself for telling hearsay tales. b. hearsay evidence n. evidence consisting in what the witness has heard others say, or what is commonly said, as to facts of which he has himself no original or personal knowledge. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > other types of evidence direct evidence1591 adminicle1592 extrinsic evidence1660 evidence-in-chief1747 hearsay evidence1753 secondary use1765 secondary evidence1810 rebuttable presumption1837 1753 W. Stewart in Scots Mag. Mar. 135/1 Hearsay-evidence is..rejected in law. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. (1800) xxiii. 368 Yet in some cases (as in proof of any general customs, or matters of common tradition or repute) the courts admit of hearsay evidence. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon at Hearsay Evidence The exceptions to the general rule of the inadmissibility of hearsay evidence are..(1) dying declarations; (2) hearsay in questions of pedigree; (3) hearsay on questions of public right, customs, boundaries, [etc.]. 1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. vi. 148 Hear~say evidence of the loosest kind was freely admitted. Derivatives ˈhearsay v. (intransitive) to tell what one has heard; to repeat rumours.Apparently an isolated use. Π 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. vii. 391 Men riding and running, reporting and hearsaying. † hear-saying n. (in 4 hyere zigginge) Obsolete hearsay, report = hearing say at hear v. 3c. Π 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 117 He ne may noþing wel conne bote ase me kan þe batayle of troye be hyere-zigginge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1340
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