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Definition of Naysay
1. Noun. (Chiefly American English) (alternative spelling of nay-say) A refusal, denial, gainsay, disagreement or negation ¹
2. Verb. (Chiefly American English) (alternative spelling of nay-say) say no to; deny, disagree, or oppose ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Naysay
1. to oppose or deny [v -SAID, -SAYING, -SAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Naysay
Literary usage of Naysay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"naysay, NA-SAY, s. A refusal, S. Ramsay ; as "nineteen na-sayt is half a grant."
To naysay, ». n. To refuse, 8. naysayER, ». One who denies or refuses, 8. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are ...by John Jamieson by John Jamieson (1818)
"naysay, NA-SAY, ». A refusal, S. To naysay, ». n. To refuse, S. N AI PRIE, s.
Table linen, S. Knox, ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1853)
"If he's no as muckle in earnest as to thole a naysay, he's nne man at a' ; and
I wouldna advise Nancy to have onything to do with him. ..."
4. Social Control: A Survey of the Foundations of Order by Edward Alsworth. Ross (1901)
"To naysay the free access of artist to patron is to kill inspiration and cut off
humanity from choice springs of enjoyment. For society to concede any such ..."
5. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1857)
"... and change his course of life and studies: yet the importunity of his mother
and dearest relations called him down, and would receive no naysay. ..."
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