nyetadv.n.

Brit.

/njɛt/, U.S.

/njɛt/

Forms: 1900s– niet, 1900s– njet, 1900s– nyet.

Origin: A borrowing from Russian. Etymon: Russian net.

Etymology: < Russian net no adv.² and int.

A. adv.

= no adv.² and int.; denoting a blunt refusal or dismissal (frequently in representations or imitation of Russian speech), esp. on the part of Russia or (formerly) the Soviet Union.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adverb] > expression of

nayc1175

nyet1928

1891 G. F. Kennan Siberia & Exile Syst. vii. 153 Nyet brátushka (No, my little brother), you may walk goose-fashion with the priest..but you can't harness my horses goose-fashion.]

1928 H. F. Flanagan Scenes Mod. European Theatre 89 ‘Nyet! Nyet!’ say I haughtily, having been informed of the droshky game.

1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. II. ix. 807 I was all for the planetary rounding off of the revolutionary process. But Stalin..shook his head and said ‘Nyet’ reflectively.

1957 Time 2 Sept. 16/2 ‘I sincerely hope’, said the President,..‘that the Soviet Union will now join us in agreeing.’ Preliminary Russian reaction: ‘Nyet’.

1968 S. Potter in H. Longhurst Never on Weekdays p. viii Match-play for ever! Stroke-play, niet.

1987 Times 2 Oct. 14/7 The Russians had come a long way from their original stance, which was basically nyet to Star Wars.

1998 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 29 Mar. If I..was asked to choose between commencing a full-time rugby career or going to college there would only be one answer. Niet to the SRU [= Scottish Rugby Union].

B. n.

1. = no n.¹ 1; a blunt refusal or dismissal.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > a denial or refusal > announcement of

nothing doing1910

no soap1926

nossir1930

nyet1950

1950 F. L. Howley Berlin Command xi. 171 Both my French and British colleagues pounced on this suggestion as a way out. But not the Russians. They responded with a definite ‘nyet!’

1957 Time 25 Feb. 31/2 Gromyko's televised image became a symbol of the cold war... As Russia's first U.N. representative, his nyet, uttered in the course of 26 Soviet vetoes, was a byword.

1972 Guardian 19 July 2/2 It is suspected that his [sc. Sadat's] Prime Minister..was asking for offensive arms in Moscow..and that he received a blunt ‘niet’.

1988 Independent 26 Mar. 10 (heading) The people's nyet halts the Baikal pipeline.

2001 Guardian (Nexis) 26 May 21 She encountered, of course, a wall of silence. Neither a da nor a nyet. Simply a shrug.

2. Mr. Nyet: any person (esp. a politician in the Soviet Union) noted for having a negative or uncompromising attitude.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > negative or uncompromising

Mr. Nyet1958

1958 Times 4 Oct. 5/6 Some cartoons from Iron Curtain countries..are on the whole more interesting. It is odd, for instance, to see in a cartoon of ‘Mr. Nyet’ not Mr. Khrushchev but Mr. Dulles.

1959 Daily Mail 19 May 2/6 Sir David has become Moscow's Mr. Niet. He has said ‘No’ to insistent demands for bigger credits for Russia.

1988 Independent 1 Oct. 5/5 Despite all the apparent hostility in the West to Mr Nyet—he gained his title by casting no less than 25 vetos at the United Nations Security Council in the 1950s—there was considerable respect for him [sc. A. Gromyko] as a negotiator.

2000 Current Digest of Soviet Press (Nexis) 30 Aug. 20 Mr. Sarmadi, a kind of Iranian ‘Mr. Nyet’, immediately rejected all his Russian counterpart's attempts to offer compromise proposals for resolving the Caspian impasse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nyet
释义	nyetadv.n. Brit. /njɛt/, U.S. /njɛt/ Forms: 1900s– niet, 1900s– njet, 1900s– nyet. Origin: A borrowing from Russian. Etymon: Russian net. Etymology: < Russian net no adv.² and int. A. adv. = no adv.² and int.; denoting a blunt refusal or dismissal (frequently in representations or imitation of Russian speech), esp. on the part of Russia or (formerly) the Soviet Union. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adverb] > expression of nayc1175 nyet1928 1891 G. F. Kennan Siberia & Exile Syst. vii. 153 Nyet brátushka (No, my little brother), you may walk goose-fashion with the priest..but you can't harness my horses goose-fashion.] 1928 H. F. Flanagan Scenes Mod. European Theatre 89 ‘Nyet! Nyet!’ say I haughtily, having been informed of the droshky game. 1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. II. ix. 807 I was all for the planetary rounding off of the revolutionary process. But Stalin..shook his head and said ‘Nyet’ reflectively. 1957 Time 2 Sept. 16/2 ‘I sincerely hope’, said the President,..‘that the Soviet Union will now join us in agreeing.’ Preliminary Russian reaction: ‘Nyet’. 1968 S. Potter in H. Longhurst Never on Weekdays p. viii Match-play for ever! Stroke-play, niet. 1987 Times 2 Oct. 14/7 The Russians had come a long way from their original stance, which was basically nyet to Star Wars. 1998 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 29 Mar. If I..was asked to choose between commencing a full-time rugby career or going to college there would only be one answer. Niet to the SRU [= Scottish Rugby Union]. B. n. 1. = no n.¹ 1; a blunt refusal or dismissal. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > a denial or refusal > announcement of nothing doing1910 no soap1926 nossir1930 nyet1950 1950 F. L. Howley Berlin Command xi. 171 Both my French and British colleagues pounced on this suggestion as a way out. But not the Russians. They responded with a definite ‘nyet!’ 1957 Time 25 Feb. 31/2 Gromyko's televised image became a symbol of the cold war... As Russia's first U.N. representative, his nyet, uttered in the course of 26 Soviet vetoes, was a byword. 1972 Guardian 19 July 2/2 It is suspected that his [sc. Sadat's] Prime Minister..was asking for offensive arms in Moscow..and that he received a blunt ‘niet’. 1988 Independent 26 Mar. 10 (heading) The people's nyet halts the Baikal pipeline. 2001 Guardian (Nexis) 26 May 21 She encountered, of course, a wall of silence. Neither a da nor a nyet. Simply a shrug. 2. Mr. Nyet: any person (esp. a politician in the Soviet Union) noted for having a negative or uncompromising attitude. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > negative or uncompromising Mr. Nyet1958 1958 Times 4 Oct. 5/6 Some cartoons from Iron Curtain countries..are on the whole more interesting. It is odd, for instance, to see in a cartoon of ‘Mr. Nyet’ not Mr. Khrushchev but Mr. Dulles. 1959 Daily Mail 19 May 2/6 Sir David has become Moscow's Mr. Niet. He has said ‘No’ to insistent demands for bigger credits for Russia. 1988 Independent 1 Oct. 5/5 Despite all the apparent hostility in the West to Mr Nyet—he gained his title by casting no less than 25 vetos at the United Nations Security Council in the 1950s—there was considerable respect for him [sc. A. Gromyko] as a negotiator. 2000 Current Digest of Soviet Press (Nexis) 30 Aug. 20 Mr. Sarmadi, a kind of Iranian ‘Mr. Nyet’, immediately rejected all his Russian counterpart's attempts to offer compromise proposals for resolving the Caspian impasse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.n.1928
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