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单词 ixnay
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ixnayv.

Brit. /ˈɪksneɪ/, U.S. /ˈɪksˌneɪ/
Forms: 1900s– ixnay, 1900s– ix-nay.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nix v.
Etymology: Alteration of nix v. following the conventions of pig Latin (see pig Latin n. 2). Compare earlier ixnay adv.
North American colloquial.
transitive. To reject, decline, dismiss, or cancel; = nix v. 1.In quot. 1937: (probably) to contradict.
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)]
warnc897
willeOE
forbidc1000
warnc1000
willOE
asake1250
withsay1297
gainsayc1330
recusea1387
naitc1390
to say naya1393
again-say?a1400
denyc1400
withnayc1400
biwern1413
refuse?1435
resist1539
detrect1542
renege1545
detract1572
waive1642
declinea1691
nay-say1762
nay-saya1774
nix1903
off1908
ixnay1937
society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)]
forwarnc893
warnc893
forbidOE
forhightc1315
defendc1325
forfend1382
dischargec1450
prohibit?a1475
bidc1475
withsay1484
fenda1500
abara1504
prohibit1526
debara1529
forbodec1540
exempt1553
forspeak1565
disbar1567
forsay1579
enjoin1589
abjudicate1602
countermanda1616
forjudge1675
restrict1766
oppose1814
fen1823
embargo1824
nix1903
ixnay1937
1937 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 17 Aug. 3/7 If John gets violent, begins to ‘ixnay’ everyone in the house.., and won't get into the bathtub, he'll have to be kept in the dog-house.
1947 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 29 Dec. 16/7 (heading) ‘Ox’ ixnays ‘ix’. A newspaper columnist's claim that the Ix family..had the shortest name on record was challenged by Tom Ox, of Canning Town, London.
1952 B. Malamud Natural 114 Roy Hobbs, El Swatto, has been ixnayed on a pay raise.
1979 Washington Post 4 Oct. d14/1 It is all but impossible to get turned down with a comedy script.., which is why such witless wonders as ‘The Villain’, ‘Americathon’ and ‘Hot Stuff’ didn't get ix-nayed at the rough-draft stage.
2003 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 14 Mar. 65 One of the more intense discussions has revolved around our choice of a wedding song... I think I can..safely ixnay anything from the Black Sabbath catalogue.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ixnayadv.int.

Brit. /ˈɪksneɪ/, U.S. /ˈɪksˌneɪ/
Forms: 1900s– ixnay, 1900s– ix-nay.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nix int.
Etymology: Alteration of nix int. following the conventions of pig Latin (see pig Latin n. 2). Compare ixnay v.
North American colloquial.
1. No; not possibly, not at all; = nix adv. Also occasionally as int.: ‘no way’; ‘enough’.
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the mind > language > statement > negation > [adverb] > no
noOE
nayc1175
nonea1382
naw1699
nix1862
naow1884
uh-uh1885
nah1886
nope1888
ixnay1929
1929 N. Houston & J. Gleason Broadway Melody (film script) i. 7 Queenie... Don't talk to me like—. Hank... Ixnay—ixnay.
1940 C. Morley Kitty Foyle viii. 77 We can stand like this the rest of our lives. Ixnay, said Fedor, winking at us. Like hell you can.
1954 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 7 Oct. 29/1 He called the coppers, asked if he might shoot the animal. Ixnay, said the coppers. Wait till we get there.
1964 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 18 June 11/3 It's obvious that you'd feel self-conscious turning up all of a sudden with coal black hair, so tell your wife ix-nay.
2005 Wired Oct. 161/2 I would totally say ixnay to the whole thing.
2. Of little worth; of no use; out of the question.
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1932 Los Angeles Times 30 Oct. iii. 15/7 Here's Aileen Pringle with a perfectly good Mexican divorce from a husband who lives in Jamaica... The legal separation is ix-nay in good old Jamaik.
1939 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 30 Oct. 12/1 Golf and swimming were verboten, taboo, ixnay and out for the players.
1942 Lowell (Mass.) Sun & Citizen-Leader 23 June 9/1 Tommy Holmes is the best of the lot and he can go get 'em but the rest of the boys are ixnay.
1996 Computer Reseller News (Electronic ed.) 11 Mar. 166 The client/server era is dead, defunct, kaput, ixnay, over already!

Phrases

ixnay on: no more of, none of; enough of; = nix on at nix int. and n.1 Phrases 3.
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1931 Amer. Jrnl. Police Sci. 2 423 Ixnay on the kabitz. Get me?
1934 Los Angeles Times 28 May i. 12/3 Ixnay on de wise cracks about de white pants... I kin stand bein' a umpire, but I don't want to commit no moiders.
1991 Canoe Mar. 59/1 Mental note: nice place to paddle, but ixnay on the swimming.
2006 Seattle Times (Nexis) 13 Jan. h11 That broth could use some work: more carrots, less celery, ixnay on the instant chicken base.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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