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語源

From 中期英語 hyere-zigginge (1340), here sey (ca. 1438), from the phrase heren seien (“to hear [people] say”). Compare equally old Middle High German hœrsagen (14th c.), whence modern Hörensagen.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhɪəseɪ/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈhɪɹˌseɪ/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈhɪəsæɪ/
• ハイフネーション: hear‧say

名詞

hearsay (usually uncountable, plural hearsays)

1. Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.

   based on hearsay

   The story turned out to be nothing but hearsay.

2. (law) Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.

   dismiss hearsay

   The judge ruled the testimony as mere hearsay.

3. (law) An out-of-court statement offered in court to prove the truth of the matter asserted (or the in-court testimony which recites such a statement), which is normally inadmissible (because it is not subject to cross-examination) unless it falls under one of a number of exceptions.

同意語

• gossip
• report
• rumor

派生語

• hearsay evidence
• double hearsay

参考

• as they say
• hear
• hear tell
• so they say
• you know what they say

Further reading

• “hearsay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hearsay”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.