naysayとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

naysay (plural naysays)

1. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of nay-say.
   • 1897, William Morris, “Chapter XII. Birdalone Cometh Again to the Isle of Queens, and Findeth a Perilous Adventure Therein”, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles (Fantasy), Project Gutenberg, published 2005:

     And her bare feet fell to telling her clad sides of the sweet coolness of the water, and waited for no naysay, ...

動詞

naysay (third-person singular simple present naysays, present participle naysaying, simple past and past participle naysaid)

1. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of nay-say (“say no to; deny, disagree, or oppose”)
   • 1897, William Morris, “Chapter VI. Of the Sundering of Birdalone from Gerard and His Sons”, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles (Fantasy), Project Gutenberg, published 2005:

     I shall nowise naysay thee this, for I love thee, and now and ever shalt thou be unto me as a brother, ...

   • 2008 Jan, Arden Dale, “Want to Sell a Business? You May Not Be Ready.”, in Wall Street Journal‎:

     He advises that board members must have solid knowledge of business in general and be independent enough to naysay the owner at times.

   • 2009 Nov, Nicholas, “The March of the Surveillance State, comments”, in Spectator, UK‎, column by Alex Massie:

     This amount of bureaucratic surveillance and cross-referencing is very resonant of East Germany (whatever the paranoia accusing naysayers naysay) ...

同意語

• gainsay

反意語

• yeasay

派生語

• naysayer

参照

• “naysay”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

発音

名詞

nay-say (plural nay-says)

1. (dated) A refusal, denial, or negation.
   • 1816, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 5, in The Black Dwarf:

     "That," replied Miss Lucy, "depends entirely on the manner in which the nay-says are said."

動詞

nay-say (third-person singular simple present nay-says, present participle nay-saying, simple past and past participle nay-said)

1. (transitive) To refuse, deny, or oppose someone or something.
2. (intransitive) To speak negatively of something.

関連する語

参考

参照

• “naysay”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)