need-notn.

Brit.

/ˈniːdnɒt/, U.S.

/ˈnidˌnɑt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: need v.², not adv.

Etymology: < need v.² + not adv.

Now rare.

Originally: †an unnecessary thing (obsolete). Later: an instruction or statement that something is not necessary.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [noun] > condition of being unnecessary > an unnecessary thing

need-not1650

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. iii. 8 Such glittering need-nots to humane happinesse.

a1691 R. Baxter in W. Speer God's Rule for Christian Giving (c1875) 182 My rule has been to study to need as little as possible for myself; to lay out nothing on need-nots.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. xvi. 225 I have not laid out the veriest trifle in need-nots.

a1840 F. Burney in U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. (1842) 167/2 Miss Brown..began all her answers with ‘Why, sir, one need not be obliged to do so,—or so’... When he had finished his interrogatories, and she had finished her ‘need nots’, he ended the discourse with [etc.].

1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt II. 204 Purchasing the necessaries..and the many need-nots which one considers so indispensable, and so soon flings away.

1952 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 66 133 The long paragraph on pp. 219–21 with its many ‘mays’ and ‘need nots’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	need-not
释义	need-notn. Brit. /ˈniːdnɒt/, U.S. /ˈnidˌnɑt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: need v.², not adv. Etymology: < need v.² + not adv. Now rare. Originally: †an unnecessary thing (obsolete). Later: an instruction or statement that something is not necessary. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [noun] > condition of being unnecessary > an unnecessary thing need-not1650 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. iii. 8 Such glittering need-nots to humane happinesse. a1691 R. Baxter in W. Speer God's Rule for Christian Giving (c1875) 182 My rule has been to study to need as little as possible for myself; to lay out nothing on need-nots. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. xvi. 225 I have not laid out the veriest trifle in need-nots. a1840 F. Burney in U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. (1842) 167/2 Miss Brown..began all her answers with ‘Why, sir, one need not be obliged to do so,—or so’... When he had finished his interrogatories, and she had finished her ‘need nots’, he ended the discourse with [etc.]. 1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt II. 204 Purchasing the necessaries..and the many need-nots which one considers so indispensable, and so soon flings away. 1952 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 66 133 The long paragraph on pp. 219–21 with its many ‘mays’ and ‘need nots’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1650
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