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negatory


adjective

  1. marked by negation; denying; negative.

adj.“expressing negation,” 1570s, from Middle French negatoire or directly from Medieval Latin negatorius “negative,” from Latin negatus, past participle of negare “deny, say no, to refuse” (see deny). In the sense “no” it is U.S. Air Force slang from the early 1950s.

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