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单词 nayword
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naywordn.1

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nay adv.1, word n.
Etymology: < nay adv.1 + word n. Compare yeaword n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (nēi·wə̄ɹd) /ˈneɪwɜːd/.
Obsolete. rare.
1. A negative; a term expressing negation. Cf. nay-say n. 1, yeaword n. 1.
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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.
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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.2

Brit. /ˈneɪwəːd/, U.S. /ˈneɪˌwərd/
Forms: 1600s ayword (perhaps transmission error), 1600s– nayword.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: aye adv., word n.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < aye adv. + word n., with n- probably by metanalysis (see N n.); compare quot. a1616 at sense 1. There does not appear to be any connection with nay adv.1 or ay adv.
1. A password, watchword; a catchphrase. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
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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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