单词 | gainsayer |
释义 | gainsayern. One who gainsays, speaks against or opposes. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > speaking against or contradiction > [noun] > one who withsayerc1420 gainsayer1435 again-sayerc1449 contradictor1599 oblocutor1603 contradictist1630 disassertor1651 contradictionist1890 R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 73 (heading) Þat gostly songe with bodily acordis not; & þe cause & þe errour of gaynsayars. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. Evv Was there euer yet preachers, but ther were gaynsaiars? that spurned that winst? & yt whympered agaynste him? 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. ii. 6 Able to bring such proofe of their certaintie, as may satisfie gainesayers. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 12 The King may dissolve the Parliament at his pleasure, and all gainsayers are Traitors. 1724 J. Swift Let. to People of Ireland 17 With the universal Approbation of all People, without one single Gain-sayer. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes vi. 379 Military Dictators, each with his district, to coerce the Royalist and other gainsayers. 1841–4 R. W. Emerson Ess. (1876) 1st Ser. iv. 113 Then you put all gainsayers in the wrong. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1435 |
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