单词 | nay-say |
释义 | nay-sayn. Now chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > use of negative > negative word or form naymark1573 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > [noun] andsechOE nitea1400 nyingc1429 naying1430 negationc1450 contradiction1526 deny1535 nay-saying1535 deniance1548 denial1576 infringement1593 nay-saya1598 negativing1777 denying1785 denegation1831 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] warningc1000 refusea1393 refusing?a1400 naying1430 denyingc1450 refusal1474 repulsec1475 denegation1489 denial1528 deny?1529 refute1535 nay-saya1598 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. Originally Scottish. 1. transitive. To refuse or oppose (something or someone); to deny (something). Cf. yea-say v. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (transitive)] withquethec888 withsake971 falsea1225 withsay?c1225 denyc1300 again-saya1382 naitc1390 nitec1390 naya1400 nicka1400 warna1400 denytec1420 traversea1450 repugnc1456 unsayc1460 renay1512 disavow?1532 disaffirm1548 contradict1582 fault1585 belie1587 infringe1590 dementie1594 abnegate1616 negate1623 nege1624 abrenounce1656 nay-saya1774 negative1784 dement1884 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 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. ΘΚΠ 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 refusec1400 assoinc1440 escondyte?1518 nay1532 disclaim1560 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). < n.1573v.a1774 |
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