† niten.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nite v.

Etymology: < nite v.

Obsolete. rare.

Denial.

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

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 23532 (MED) Like saint peter..þou salle be tite, ne sal þer be þer-to na nite [a1400 Vesp. lite].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

niten.²

Brit.

/nʌɪt/, U.S.

/naɪt/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: night n.

Etymology: Variant of night n. Compare tonite adv.Compare use of the spelling nite in representations of regional and other nonstandard speech:a1605 W. Haughton English-men for my Money (1616) sig. E3 Oh de braue de galliarde deuise: me sal come by de nite.a1668 W. Davenant Play-house to be Let ii. 78 in Wks. (1673) Madam, I finde tis convaniant to have De Husband to ly vit one in de cold nite.1798 S. Rowson Reuben & Rachel (1799) II. xv. 335 Mistress Dakirs, ater the adventer of last nite, you cant suppos I will suffer you to stay any longer in my ouse, wich is a onest ouse.1848 W. T. Thompson Major Jones's Sketches Trav. ii. 11 Well, last nite, bein as we was gwine to start the next mornin, we had a little sort of a sociable party at our house.1875 M. D. Landon Eli Perkins (at Large) 11 ‘That fust glass of wine has ruined many a yung man. The other nite’, he continued, wiping his eyes, ‘I drempt I saw my fav'rite sun adrinken from the floin' bole.’1949 S. Grapes Boy John Lett. (1974) 14 He washed his feet a' tha nite afore, an' cleaned his best highlows... He tricalated his self up proper.1986 O. P. Adisa in S. Brown Caribbean New Wave (1990) 5 See yah, Lawd, yuh nuh test me fait tuh dis yah nite. Webster's Dict. Eng. Usage (1989) 661/1 notes that in its early use the word ‘seems to have been poorly thought of..possibly because it had gained a bad reputation from its employment by the wilfully misspelling 19th-century American humorists’; compare:1862 C. F. Browne Artemus Ward his Bk. 74 I feel it's my dooty to accept your invite for one consecutive nite only.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

In advertising and commercial contexts: = night n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > night > [noun]

nighteOE

nightertalec1300

darkc1400

nightertimec1425

night-timec1430

night-tidea1500

night-season1530

darkmans?1536

Nox1567

moonshine1652

darkie?1738

the watches of the night1826

nite1928

bat-flight1934

1928 Variety 13 Jan. 55/2 It's..said that the very same Mickeyfinning has been behind some of the nite club liquor trouble, with the victims so sore they didn't care what their revenge might bring.

1931 Amer. Speech 6 379 Write rite (for right) and nite (for night).

1960 Punch 27 Apr. 584/1 Didn't you know? It's Rock Nite at the Darby and Joan.

1974 Marlboro Herald-Advocate (Bennettsville, S. Carolina) 18 Apr. 7/8 (advt.) Free parking in paved lot in rear of store. Open all day Wednesday. Open Fri. nite 'til 6:30.

1986 Boston Globe 28 May 22/5 (advt.) Special 3-nite rate 'til July.

2000 Monitor (Kampala) 28 Apr. 34/2 (advt.) All Asians are cordially invited to a musical celebration and a get together nite. Come relax with family and friends.

Derivatives

ˈnitely adj. and adv. nightly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > night > [adjective]

nightlyeOE

nightyc1475

nocturnal1485

noxiala1500

nightish1530

nocturn?1530

nighterly1559

owlish1596

night-tripping1598

epinyctal1600

nighted?1606

nightern1615

noctual1632

nocturnous1727

overnight1870

nitely1970

the world > time > day and night > night > [adverb]

nightseOE

on nightOE

in (also of, on, upon) the nightOE

by nightlOE

on (also in) nightslOE

a-nightc1175

a-nightsc1175

at nightc1300

within nightc1400

a-nightertime?a1439

a nighttimes1567

at nights1581

nightly1597

benight1642

nocturnally1812

night-times1851

nitely1970

1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 32/2 (advt.) Nitely dancing to an excellent European trio.

1971 Times 25 Aug. 11/7 (advt.) Where it's at in Yorkshire... Mood with good food, nitely til 2.

1994 Minnesota Monthly June 29/3 (advt.) We Flame Your Saganaki Nitely.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† nitev.

Forms: Middle English nite, Middle English nyte; Scottish pre-1700 nite, pre-1700 nyit, pre-1700 nyt, pre-1700 nyte, pre-1700 nytte. Past tense Middle English nit, Middle English nitt, Middle English nitte, Middle English nytyde; Scottish pre-1700 nyit, pre-1700 nyt. Past participle Middle English nite, Middle English nitt; Scottish pre-1700 nyit, pre-1700 nytit.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic níta to deny) < the same Scandinavian base as Old Icelandic ní no (cognate with Old High German ní , Gothic nei , both in sense ‘not’ < the same Indo-European base as Lithuanian neĩ not once, probably representing a suffixed (emphatic) form of the Indo-European base of ne adv.¹), with -t- suffix. Compare nait v.¹).

Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete.

a. transitive. To deny (a statement, fact, etc.).

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 > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > desert or deny a person

forsakea1300

refusec1350

nitec1390

swerve1390

relinquish1472

relinque1483

renounce1582

to fling off1587

derelicta1631

relapse1633

plant1743

to throw over1835

chuck up (the sponge)1878

ditch1899

ruck1903

to run out on1912

to walk out1921

squib1938

c1390 in C. Innes Registrum Honoris de Morton (1853) I. App. p. xl And gif thou be the man that this nitis I sal outrak it apon thé.

a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Niten Sain Ion him prophet nitte, And said prophet nan am I.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 883 (MED) Al þat i sai, mai sco noght nite.

c1400 Burgh Laws (Bute) c. 38 Gif he nytis it and the playntyfe have na wytnes, than the tothir sall clenge hym.

c1480 (a1400) St. Philip 66 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 178 [Ebionites] þat throw wikit heresy nyttis, þat criste had suthfaste flesche as man.

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cii^*v His name & his nobillay wes noght for to nyte.

b. intransitive in parenthetic use.

ΚΠ

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 70 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 97 Is nane bot dame nature I bid nocht to nyte Till acuss of yis caise.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 208 Now at this tyme, I bid nocht for to nyit, On the he lais the haill caus and the wyit.

a. transitive. To deny, abjure (a person). Also occasionally intransitive.

ΚΠ

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 15997 (MED) Petre..had nite [a1400 Gött. nitt; a1400 Trin. Cambr. forsake] his lauerd thris.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 19093 (MED) Mighti godd..His sun..has he blisced sua; Yee suak and nitt [a1400 Coll. Phys. nit] be-for pilate.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 20871 (MED) Petre..Nitand [a1400 Trin. Cambr. denyinge] he [sc. Peter] fell; wepand he ras.

c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 401 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 233 Þane, for he criste nyt wald nocht, In-to þare consale þai hyme brocht.

1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 226^v For febill plyt ȝit cuth I nyt hir neuir.

?a1600 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Cambr.) l. 1039 in C. Horstmann Barbour's Legendensammlung (1882) II. 257 Kynge Agamenone..Demaundede hath schyre Anthenore; And he hyre nyt.

b. transitive. To repudiate (an obligation, etc.).

ΚΠ

c1480 (a1400) St. Nicholas 807 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 504 Þane þe cristine man vnwise..nyt his det al wtrely.

1535 ( in W. Fraser Registrum Monasterii Cambuskenneth (1872) 260 That quhare the forsaid Robert nyit that he was man to the said abbot..we find that he..was his man..and that he had nyit of his maill half ane mark wrangusly..and for nyting of ilk penny to pay ane pund of siluer.

a. transitive. With direct and indirect object. To refuse (a request) to (a person). Also with single object: to make a refusal to, rebuff (a person).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > something to a person or thing

nitea1400

nay1429

refuse1477

embar1611

a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Niten Wit resoun mai þou godd noht wite, Yef he the silc askinges nite.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1460 (MED) For Alexander aȝe almast he..deis, For he had nite him a nerand [a1500 Trin. Dub. nekyd hym with nay].

c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 1027 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 30 Ffra quham he askit forgewine, & he had nytit hym his askine.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. v. 164 Thy commancement..Is sa douchty I may the nyte na thyng.

1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 219^v I may nocht lest ȝour lufe and ȝe me nyt.

b. transitive. To refuse (to do a thing). rare.

ΚΠ

c1480 (a1400) St. Lawrence 319 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 411 Þane laurens cane nyt opinly til fals godis to sacryfy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹a1400

n.²1928

v.c1390

单词	nite
释义	† niten.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nite v. Etymology: < nite v. Obsolete. rare. Denial. 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 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 23532 (MED) Like saint peter..þou salle be tite, ne sal þer be þer-to na nite [a1400 Vesp. lite]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). niten.² Brit. /nʌɪt/, U.S. /naɪt/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: night n. Etymology: Variant of night n. Compare tonite adv.Compare use of the spelling nite in representations of regional and other nonstandard speech:a1605 W. Haughton English-men for my Money (1616) sig. E3 Oh de braue de galliarde deuise: me sal come by de nite.a1668 W. Davenant Play-house to be Let ii. 78 in Wks. (1673) Madam, I finde tis convaniant to have De Husband to ly vit one in de cold nite.1798 S. Rowson Reuben & Rachel (1799) II. xv. 335 Mistress Dakirs, ater the adventer of last nite, you cant suppos I will suffer you to stay any longer in my ouse, wich is a onest ouse.1848 W. T. Thompson Major Jones's Sketches Trav. ii. 11 Well, last nite, bein as we was gwine to start the next mornin, we had a little sort of a sociable party at our house.1875 M. D. Landon Eli Perkins (at Large) 11 ‘That fust glass of wine has ruined many a yung man. The other nite’, he continued, wiping his eyes, ‘I drempt I saw my fav'rite sun adrinken from the floin' bole.’1949 S. Grapes Boy John Lett. (1974) 14 He washed his feet a' tha nite afore, an' cleaned his best highlows... He tricalated his self up proper.1986 O. P. Adisa in S. Brown Caribbean New Wave (1990) 5 See yah, Lawd, yuh nuh test me fait tuh dis yah nite. Webster's Dict. Eng. Usage (1989) 661/1 notes that in its early use the word ‘seems to have been poorly thought of..possibly because it had gained a bad reputation from its employment by the wilfully misspelling 19th-century American humorists’; compare:1862 C. F. Browne Artemus Ward his Bk. 74 I feel it's my dooty to accept your invite for one consecutive nite only. colloquial (originally U.S.). In advertising and commercial contexts: = night n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] nighteOE nightertalec1300 darkc1400 nightertimec1425 night-timec1430 night-tidea1500 night-season1530 darkmans?1536 Nox1567 moonshine1652 darkie?1738 the watches of the night1826 nite1928 bat-flight1934 1928 Variety 13 Jan. 55/2 It's..said that the very same Mickeyfinning has been behind some of the nite club liquor trouble, with the victims so sore they didn't care what their revenge might bring. 1931 Amer. Speech 6 379 Write rite (for right) and nite (for night). 1960 Punch 27 Apr. 584/1 Didn't you know? It's Rock Nite at the Darby and Joan. 1974 Marlboro Herald-Advocate (Bennettsville, S. Carolina) 18 Apr. 7/8 (advt.) Free parking in paved lot in rear of store. Open all day Wednesday. Open Fri. nite 'til 6:30. 1986 Boston Globe 28 May 22/5 (advt.) Special 3-nite rate 'til July. 2000 Monitor (Kampala) 28 Apr. 34/2 (advt.) All Asians are cordially invited to a musical celebration and a get together nite. Come relax with family and friends. Derivatives ˈnitely adj. and adv. nightly. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [adjective] nightlyeOE nightyc1475 nocturnal1485 noxiala1500 nightish1530 nocturn?1530 nighterly1559 owlish1596 night-tripping1598 epinyctal1600 nighted?1606 nightern1615 noctual1632 nocturnous1727 overnight1870 nitely1970 the world > time > day and night > night > [adverb] nightseOE on nightOE in (also of, on, upon) the nightOE by nightlOE on (also in) nightslOE a-nightc1175 a-nightsc1175 at nightc1300 within nightc1400 a-nightertime?a1439 a nighttimes1567 at nights1581 nightly1597 benight1642 nocturnally1812 night-times1851 nitely1970 1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 32/2 (advt.) Nitely dancing to an excellent European trio. 1971 Times 25 Aug. 11/7 (advt.) Where it's at in Yorkshire... Mood with good food, nitely til 2. 1994 Minnesota Monthly June 29/3 (advt.) We Flame Your Saganaki Nitely. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † nitev. Forms: Middle English nite, Middle English nyte; Scottish pre-1700 nite, pre-1700 nyit, pre-1700 nyt, pre-1700 nyte, pre-1700 nytte. Past tense Middle English nit, Middle English nitt, Middle English nitte, Middle English nytyde; Scottish pre-1700 nyit, pre-1700 nyt. Past participle Middle English nite, Middle English nitt; Scottish pre-1700 nyit, pre-1700 nytit. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic níta to deny) < the same Scandinavian base as Old Icelandic ní no (cognate with Old High German ní , Gothic nei , both in sense ‘not’ < the same Indo-European base as Lithuanian neĩ not once, probably representing a suffixed (emphatic) form of the Indo-European base of ne adv.¹), with -t- suffix. Compare nait v.¹). Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To deny (a statement, fact, etc.). 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 > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > desert or deny a person forsakea1300 refusec1350 nitec1390 swerve1390 relinquish1472 relinque1483 renounce1582 to fling off1587 derelicta1631 relapse1633 plant1743 to throw over1835 chuck up (the sponge)1878 ditch1899 ruck1903 to run out on1912 to walk out1921 squib1938 c1390 in C. Innes Registrum Honoris de Morton (1853) I. App. p. xl And gif thou be the man that this nitis I sal outrak it apon thé. a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Niten Sain Ion him prophet nitte, And said prophet nan am I. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 883 (MED) Al þat i sai, mai sco noght nite. c1400 Burgh Laws (Bute) c. 38 Gif he nytis it and the playntyfe have na wytnes, than the tothir sall clenge hym. c1480 (a1400) St. Philip 66 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 178 [Ebionites] þat throw wikit heresy nyttis, þat criste had suthfaste flesche as man. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cii^v His name & his nobillay wes noght for to nyte. b. intransitive* in parenthetic use. ΚΠ a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 70 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 97 Is nane bot dame nature I bid nocht to nyte Till acuss of yis caise. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 208 Now at this tyme, I bid nocht for to nyit, On the he lais the haill caus and the wyit. 2. a. transitive. To deny, abjure (a person). Also occasionally intransitive. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 15997 (MED) Petre..had nite [a1400 Gött. nitt; a1400 Trin. Cambr. forsake] his lauerd thris. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 19093 (MED) Mighti godd..His sun..has he blisced sua; Yee suak and nitt [a1400 Coll. Phys. nit] be-for pilate. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 20871 (MED) Petre..Nitand [a1400 Trin. Cambr. denyinge] he [sc. Peter] fell; wepand he ras. c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 401 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 233 Þane, for he criste nyt wald nocht, In-to þare consale þai hyme brocht. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 226^v For febill plyt ȝit cuth I nyt hir neuir. ?a1600 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Cambr.) l. 1039 in C. Horstmann Barbour's Legendensammlung (1882) II. 257 Kynge Agamenone..Demaundede hath schyre Anthenore; And he hyre nyt. b. transitive. To repudiate (an obligation, etc.). ΚΠ c1480 (a1400) St. Nicholas 807 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 504 Þane þe cristine man vnwise..nyt his det al wtrely. 1535 ( in W. Fraser Registrum Monasterii Cambuskenneth (1872) 260 That quhare the forsaid Robert nyit that he was man to the said abbot..we find that he..was his man..and that he had nyit of his maill half ane mark wrangusly..and for nyting of ilk penny to pay ane pund of siluer. 3. a. transitive. With direct and indirect object. To refuse (a request) to (a person). Also with single object: to make a refusal to, rebuff (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > something to a person or thing nitea1400 nay1429 refuse1477 embar1611 a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Niten Wit resoun mai þou godd noht wite, Yef he the silc askinges nite. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1460 (MED) For Alexander aȝe almast he..deis, For he had nite him a nerand [a1500 Trin. Dub. nekyd hym with nay]. c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 1027 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 30 Ffra quham he askit forgewine, & he had nytit hym his askine. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. v. 164 Thy commancement..Is sa douchty I may the nyte na thyng. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 219^v I may nocht lest ȝour lufe and ȝe me nyt. b. transitive. To refuse (to do a thing). rare. ΚΠ c1480 (a1400) St. Lawrence 319 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 411 Þane laurens cane nyt opinly til fals godis to sacryfy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹a1400n.²1928v.c1390
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Derivatives

† nitev.

† niten.¹

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