English Explanatory Dictionary

gainsaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Gainsaying; contradiction.

Word forms

gainsaw gain-saw

Etymology

From Middle English gainsawe, ȝeinsawe, equivalent to gain- + saw (“a saying”). Compare gainsay.

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