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单词 nay-say
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nay-sayn.

Brit. /ˈneɪseɪ/, U.S. /ˈneɪˌseɪ/, Scottish English /ˈnese/
Forms: see nay adv.1 and say n.4; also Scottish 1700s– na-say, 1900s– nasay.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nay adv.1, say n.4
Etymology: < nay adv.1 + say n.4 With sense 2 compare earlier nay-saying n., nay-sayer n.Scottish forms with na- are probably after na, variant of no adv.2 and int.
Now chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern).
1. A negation, a negative grammatical construction. Cf. nayword n.1 1. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > use of negative > negative word or form
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nay-say1573
nayword1573
negative?a1580
negator1961
1573 R. Lever Arte of Reason ii. iii. 72 If the backset bee deuided and parted a sunder from the foreset by a naysay, then [etc.].
2. Refusal, denial; an instance of this. Now rare.
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the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > [noun]
andsechOE
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun]
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recusancy1597
detrectation1623
vetation1623
renuence1654
detraction1660
recusance1700
nayword1817
turn-down1902
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
a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. A3 A good asker should have a good naysay.
1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature v. 39 Hee will have no nay say.
a1666 R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) vi. 84 They would take no naysay.
1721 A. Ramsay Ode to Ph—— (1877) II. xiii. 144 Nineteen nay says are ha'f a grant.
1762 L. Sterne Let. 14 June in Lett. 1739–64 (2009) 276 Whoever buys the fifth and sixth volumes of Shandy's must have the nay-say of the seventh and eighth.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf v, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 111 That..depends entirely on the manner in which the nay-says are said.
1857 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 44 Not Cromwell's faltering nay-say, nor Cæsar's affected disdain.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby I should like to have the nay-say of that bargain.
1901 R. Trotter Gall. Gossip 48 Johnie wantit her, an wudna tak a nay-say.
1958 People's Jrnl. 1 Nov. 11 Tappie..wid hae nae na-say bit Ah'd cry tee a meenit an' hae a skye milk.
1975 G. Sternlieb in R. W. Burchell & D. Listokin Future Land Use 355 The powers of nay-say..have never been so dominant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nay-sayv.

Brit. /ˈneɪseɪ/, U.S. /ˈneɪˌseɪ/, Scottish English /ˈnese/
Forms: see nay-say n.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nay-say n.
Etymology: < nay-say n.
Originally Scottish.
1. transitive. To refuse or oppose (something or someone); to deny (something). Cf. yea-say v. 2.
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the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (transitive)]
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dementie1594
abnegate1616
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abrenounce1656
nay-saya1774
negative1784
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)]
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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
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 169 The foul ane durst him na-say.
1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin xv The evidence..was ower strong an' conclusive to be nae said.
1891 W. Morris Story of Glittering Plain xix. 139 He naysaid them because he was fain of his work.
1904 W. Farquhar Fyvie Lintie 34 First cam' a laird, purse-proud and prim, Said—‘Nae ane will na-say me, O!’
1977 Time 23 May 42/3 Howard Baker, a presidential aspirant who felt that the Republicans had to do more than naysay Carter's program.
2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 13 June 20 All of which is not to nay-say the wireless future.
2. intransitive. To refuse; to deny. Cf. yea-say v. 1.
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the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (intransitive)]
atsakec1000
nick?c1225
renege1548
nay-saya1800
disclaima1817
the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (intransitive)]
warn1297
to say nay?a1300
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assoinc1440
escondyte?1518
nay1532
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nay-saya1800
a1800 James Hadley vii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1892) IV. viii. 371/1 If it should be my hole estate, Naesaid, naesaid, it shall not be.
1910 W. De Morgan Affair of Dishonour xxiii. 383 There might have been a rare company of wenches on the terrace for anything he could naysay.
1980 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 86 493 The tendency to give socially desirable answers, and the tendency to yea-say or nay-say, do not account for the effects of race.
1991 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 3 July (News section) a10 The opposition parties..have lost their direction and purpose, and replaced it [sic] with the blind need to nay-say.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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