Withsaw

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A contradiction. UK, dialectal

Etymology

From Middle English withsawe, withsahe, withsau, from Old English *wiþsagu (“renunciation, contradiction”); equivalent to with- + saw (“saying”).

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