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单词 negatory
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negatoryadj.

Brit. /ˈnɛɡət(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈnɛɡəˌtɔri/
Forms: 1500s–1600s negatorie, 1600s 1800s– negatory.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French négatoire.
Etymology: < Middle French, French négatoire (13th cent. in Old French in legal context in action négatoire , 1549 in general sense) < classical Latin negātōrius (of actions) restraining, inhibiting (only in 2nd-cent. a.d. legal texts), in post-classical Latin also expressing denial (late 4th cent. in Augustine), negative (from 12th cent. in British sources) < negāt- , past participial stem of negāre negate v. + -ōrius -ory suffix2.
Of the nature of, or expressing, negation; (more generally) negative.
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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.

Brit. /ˈnɛɡət(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈnɛɡəˌtɔri/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: negatory adj.
Etymology: < negatory adj.
slang (originally U.S.A.F.).
A. int.
Esp. among Citizens' Band radio users: ‘no’, ‘negative’.
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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 w14Negatory, Red Bird, we can't help,’ a trucker radioed apologetically after our new plea.
B. n.
A negative statement or answer; a ‘no’.
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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. 171Mm-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).
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