ungainsaid
verb (used with object), gain·said, gain·say·ing.
1.
to deny, dispute, or contradict.
2.
to speak or act against; oppose.
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| —vb , -says, -saying, -said | |
| archaic, literary or (tr) to deny (an allegation, a statement, etc); contradict | |
| [C13 gainsaien, from gain- | |
| gain'sayer | |
| —n | |
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Ungainsaid
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
gainsay
"to contradict," c.1300, lit. "say against," from O.E. gegn- "against" + say. "Solitary survival of a once common prefix" [Weekley], which was used to form such now-obsolete compounds as gain-taking "taking back again," gainclap "a counterstroke," gainbuy "redeem," and gainstand "to oppose." Related:
Gainsaid; gainsaying.
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