- naysayer (n.)
[naysayer 词源字典]
- 1721, from verb naysay (implied from 1530s in naysaying); from nay + say (v.). Nay-say "refusal" is from 1630s.[naysayer etymology, naysayer origin, 英语词源]
- soothsayer (n.)
- mid-14c., zoþ ziggere (Kentish), "one who speaks truth,;" late 14c., sothseggere, "fortune-teller;" see sooth + say. Old English had soðsagu "act of speaking the truth."