affyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /əˈfaɪ/
• 韻: -aɪ
• ハイフネーション: af‧fy

動詞

affy (third-person singular simple present affies, present participle affying, simple past and past participle affied) (obsolete)

1. (transitive)
   1. To have faith in (someone); to trust.
   2. Chiefly followed by that or to: to formally affirm or promise (something).
   3. Chiefly of a man: to formally promise to marry (someone, chiefly a woman); to be engaged to; also, to marry (someone); to espouse. [c. 16th–17th c.]
      • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

        He, though affide unto a former love, / To whom his faith he firmely ment to hold, / […] Her graunted love, but with affection cold […]

   4. (chiefly passive voice) Chiefly followed by to, unto, or with: often of a parent or guardian: to formally promise that (someone) be married to another person; to affiance, to betroth.
   5. (figurative) Followed by in, to, or unto: to bind or pledge (someone or something) to another person or thing.
2. (intransitive)
   1. Chiefly followed by in, on, and upon: to rely on, to trust. [14th–17th c.]
      • c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

        Marcus Andronicus, so I do affie / In thy vprightnesse and Integrity […]

派生語

• affiant
• unaffied

関連する語

• affiance

語源 2

Shortening of affidavit.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈæfi/
• 韻: -æfi
• ハイフネーション: af‧fy

名詞

affy (plural affies)

1. (slang) An affidavit to be signed by a contest winner to confirm eligibility.
   • 1997, Sandretto, “Singapore Contest....”, in alt.consumers.sweepstakes (Usenet):

     If you have won a monthly prize, they will send you an affy and have you send it back. Then your prize comes from a courier.

   • 1999, Suzy, “Any BIG winners?”, in alt.consumers.sweepstakes (Usenet):

     The contest ended in mid November, I got the affy Christmas eve, and I picked up the car February 4th or 5th.

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