单词 | nayword |
释义 | † naywordn.1 Obsolete. rare. 1. A negative; a term expressing negation. Cf. nay-say n. 1, yeaword n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > negation > [noun] > word nayword1573 negative?a1580 negator1961 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > use of negative > negative word or form naymark1573 nay-say1573 nayword1573 negative?a1580 negator1961 1573 R. Lever Arte of Reason i. xii. 54 The nayword..denyeth: as a man, no man: a stone, no stone. 2. Refusal. Cf. yeaword n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] warningc1000 refusea1393 refusing?a1400 naying1430 denyingc1450 refusal1474 repulsec1475 denegation1489 denial1528 deny?1529 refute1535 nay-saya1598 recusancy1597 detrectation1623 vetation1623 renuence1654 detraction1660 recusance1700 nayword1817 turn-down1902 1817 J. Hogg Profligate Princes ii. vii, in Dramatic Tales II. 80 Could I give nayword to her blythsome mood, of mating me a while? 1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 565 There will be no hasty nayword from me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2019). naywordn.2ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > password token1377 worda1500 watchworda1513 countersign1598 nayworda1616 tessera1647 counter-word1678 password1799 hard word1830 token pledge1896 tryst-word1896 society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > slogan or catchword slogan1704 catchword1715 nayword1828 catchphrase1834 catchline1842 catchcry1843 yell1867 watch-cry1882 buzzword1946 in word1964 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. ii. 122 In any case haue a nay-word, that you may know one anothers minde. View more context for this quotation 1828 A. E. Bray Protestant I. viii. 232 A priest's treasury..His God, his nayword, his mask. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Nayword, a watchword, password, private token. Whosoever cannot give it must not be admitted or trusted, as the case may be. 2. A byword; spec. an object of scorn or notoriety. Occasionally in literal sense: a proverb. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun] byspelc1000 bywordc1050 forbysena1250 riotc1330 proverbc1375 sayingc1390 paroemia1550 nayworda1616 diverb1624 proverbial1645 sooth1655 proverbialism1830 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 130 If I do not gull him into an ayword [Rowe (1709) emends to a nayword], and make him a common recreation. View more context for this quotation 1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 14 And with a Gibing kind of Nayword; Quoth he [etc.]. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Taudry It grew into a Nay-word, upon any thing very Gawdy. 1777 Gentleman's Mag. 47 321 A Nayword..is a common expression for a by-word and is probably a crasis of an Aye-word. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Nayword,..a byeword, a laughing-stock. 1942 H. J. Massingham Eng. Countryman v. 87 The Fettiplaces of Swynbrook..are a nayword to this day for adding manor to manor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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