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单词 gainsaying
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gainsayingn.

/ˈɡeɪnseɪɪŋ/
Etymology: formed as gainsay v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of gainsay v. without gainsaying: without contradiction, unquestionably.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun]
gainsayingc1330
assoilinga1382
improvingc1443
unprovingc1449
lancing1470
redarguation?c1500
confutationa1530
redargution1529
reproof1529
confusion1530
disproof1531
reprehension1531
reproving1535
refutation?1536
improbation1556
refuting1563
disproving1587
conviction1593
infringement1593
refutal1599
gainsay1602
eviction1606
convincement1612
disproval1614
confutinga1617
improof1641
confutement1645
confute1646
refute1646
disprovement1662
reviction1677
invalidatinga1716
invalidation1771
rebutment1823
rebuttal1831
disconfirmation1937
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 104 His broþer Henry is heyre..Of alle Normundie, withouten geynsayng.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 16 That was wythoute ony gaynsayeng.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 580 Yan thocht he to have ye leding Off all Scotland but gane-saying.
1549 Act 3 & 4 Edw. VI c. 3. §2 Lords..might approve themselves of their Wastes..nothwithstanding the Gainsaying and Contradiction of their Tenants.
1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 1 The same endured many a storm of gaine-saying or opposition.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 76 There was no gainsaying it.
1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl I. 53 In that gentle way of his which, as you know, there is no gainsaying.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

gainsayingadj.

Etymology: formed as gainsay v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgainsaying.
Given to contradiction, contumacious.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > intractable or recalcitrant > and perverse
waywardc1384
contumaxc1386
contumacec1425
perversec1425
gainsaying1489
wrayward1516
untowards1525
untoward1526
wrabbed?1544
contumacious1603
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. iv. 173 He ought to lese hys hed whiche is rebell and gainsainge in ordynaunce of a bataylle.
1611 Bible (King James) Rom. x. 21 A disobedient and gainesaying people. View more context for this quotation

Derivatives

ˈgainsayingness n. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > intractability or recalcitrance > perverse
riot?c1225
contumacec1230
waywardnessc1384
contumacyc1386
sturdinessa1400
stoutnessc1400
contumation1618
gainsayingness1648
contumaciousness1654
1648 J. Goodwin Νεοϕυτοπρεσβυτερος 65 The grace of God..takes away all actuall rebelliousnesse or gainsayingnesse of the will.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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