单词 | negatory |
释义 | negatoryadj. Of the nature of, or expressing, negation; (more generally) negative. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > negation > [adjective] > of the nature of negatory1580 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Negatoire, vne action negatoire, a negatorie action. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Negatory, of or belonging to denial, inficiatory, Negative. [Hence in Phillips and Bailey.] 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. P. F. Richter in German Romance III. 86 I on the morrow must overcloud her arrival..by my negatory intelligence. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Let. in Westm. Gaz. (1902) 10 July 4/3 A negatory nod of his honest..old head. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 362 Mere aggressive and negatory criticism. 1933 Polit. Sci. Q. 48 324 The negatory powers of government were just strong enough to frustrate the creative zeal which the situation required. 1977 J. P. Donleavy Destinies Darcy Dancer ii. 4 Please do not Kildare, be miserably negatory. 1994 Details Sept. 217/1 Koshin is expected to play the yang to Kido's yin: the external, negatory, butt-kicking component of the cosmos. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). negatoryint.n. slang (originally U.S.A.F.). A. int. Esp. among Citizens' Band radio users: ‘no’, ‘negative’. ΚΠ 1955 Amer. Speech 30 118 Negative; Negatory;.., I refuse; I disagree; no (in answer to a question). 1976 Daily Tel. 16 July (Colour Suppl.) 10/1 A CBer says..‘negatory’ for ‘No’. 1992 MacUser Nov. 32/2 Surely you'll have all the bases covered won't you? Negatory. 2001 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 July w14 ‘Negatory, Red Bird, we can't help,’ a trucker radioed apologetically after our new plea. B. n. A negative statement or answer; a ‘no’. ΚΠ 1988 N.Y. Times 21 Sept. a18/4 It's not a negatory toward Al because he's got a lot of talent. 1994 D. Spencer Passing Fancy xii. 171 ‘Mm-mm’ he replied, that one a negatory. 2001 Fortune (Nexis) 30 Apr. 181 Has Gillette solved any of its big problems? Thus far the answer would be a big negatory. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1580int.n.1955 |
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