denayとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

denay (plural denays)

1. (obsolete) denial; refusal
   • a. 1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Forget not yet the tryde entent” in the Devonshire Manuscript, folio 54 verso:

     Forget not yet the gret aſſays
     the cruell wrong the ſkornfull ways
     the paynfull pacyence in denays […]

   • c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:

     Duke Orsino: My love can give no place, bide no denay.