单词 | ixnay |
释义 | ixnayv. North American colloquial. transitive. To reject, decline, dismiss, or cancel; = nix v. 1.In quot. 1937: (probably) to contradict. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] warnc897 willeOE forbidc1000 warnc1000 willOE asake1250 withsay1297 gainsayc1330 recusea1387 naitc1390 to say naya1393 again-say?a1400 denyc1400 withnayc1400 biwern1413 refuse?1435 resist1539 detrect1542 renege1545 detract1572 waive1642 declinea1691 nay-say1762 nay-saya1774 nix1903 off1908 ixnay1937 society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] forwarnc893 warnc893 forbidOE forhightc1315 defendc1325 forfend1382 dischargec1450 prohibit?a1475 bidc1475 withsay1484 fenda1500 abara1504 prohibit1526 debara1529 forbodec1540 exempt1553 forspeak1565 disbar1567 forsay1579 enjoin1589 abjudicate1602 countermanda1616 forjudge1675 restrict1766 oppose1814 fen1823 embargo1824 nix1903 ixnay1937 1937 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 17 Aug. 3/7 If John gets violent, begins to ‘ixnay’ everyone in the house.., and won't get into the bathtub, he'll have to be kept in the dog-house. 1947 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 29 Dec. 16/7 (heading) ‘Ox’ ixnays ‘ix’. A newspaper columnist's claim that the Ix family..had the shortest name on record was challenged by Tom Ox, of Canning Town, London. 1952 B. Malamud Natural 114 Roy Hobbs, El Swatto, has been ixnayed on a pay raise. 1979 Washington Post 4 Oct. d14/1 It is all but impossible to get turned down with a comedy script.., which is why such witless wonders as ‘The Villain’, ‘Americathon’ and ‘Hot Stuff’ didn't get ix-nayed at the rough-draft stage. 2003 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 14 Mar. 65 One of the more intense discussions has revolved around our choice of a wedding song... I think I can..safely ixnay anything from the Black Sabbath catalogue. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ixnayadv.int. North American colloquial. 1. No; not possibly, not at all; = nix adv. Also occasionally as int.: ‘no way’; ‘enough’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > negation > [adverb] > no noOE nayc1175 nonea1382 naw1699 nix1862 naow1884 uh-uh1885 nah1886 nope1888 ixnay1929 1929 N. Houston & J. Gleason Broadway Melody (film script) i. 7 Queenie... Don't talk to me like—. Hank... Ixnay—ixnay. 1940 C. Morley Kitty Foyle viii. 77 We can stand like this the rest of our lives. Ixnay, said Fedor, winking at us. Like hell you can. 1954 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 7 Oct. 29/1 He called the coppers, asked if he might shoot the animal. Ixnay, said the coppers. Wait till we get there. 1964 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 18 June 11/3 It's obvious that you'd feel self-conscious turning up all of a sudden with coal black hair, so tell your wife ix-nay. 2005 Wired Oct. 161/2 I would totally say ixnay to the whole thing. 2. Of little worth; of no use; out of the question. ΚΠ 1932 Los Angeles Times 30 Oct. iii. 15/7 Here's Aileen Pringle with a perfectly good Mexican divorce from a husband who lives in Jamaica... The legal separation is ix-nay in good old Jamaik. 1939 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 30 Oct. 12/1 Golf and swimming were verboten, taboo, ixnay and out for the players. 1942 Lowell (Mass.) Sun & Citizen-Leader 23 June 9/1 Tommy Holmes is the best of the lot and he can go get 'em but the rest of the boys are ixnay. 1996 Computer Reseller News (Electronic ed.) 11 Mar. 166 The client/server era is dead, defunct, kaput, ixnay, over already! Phrases ixnay on: no more of, none of; enough of; = nix on at nix int. and n.1 Phrases 3. ΚΠ 1931 Amer. Jrnl. Police Sci. 2 423 Ixnay on the kabitz. Get me? 1934 Los Angeles Times 28 May i. 12/3 Ixnay on de wise cracks about de white pants... I kin stand bein' a umpire, but I don't want to commit no moiders. 1991 Canoe Mar. 59/1 Mental note: nice place to paddle, but ixnay on the swimming. 2006 Seattle Times (Nexis) 13 Jan. h11 That broth could use some work: more carrots, less celery, ixnay on the instant chicken base. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1937adv.int.1929 |
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