sayest

Biblical verb form

Sayest is an archaic second-person singular form of say, used with thou in Early Modern English: Thou sayest the truth.

It appears primarily in the King James Bible and Shakespeare.

Modern readers encounter it in historical or religious texts, where it simply means "you say."

speech

declare

State officially

articulate · speak · announce · assert · profess · avow · enunciate · vocalize · express · state

archaic

thou

Archaic second-person pronoun

  • theeSecond-person object, antiquated
  • thyOld possessive pronoun
  • thineYours, archaically

hast · doth · art · shalt · speaketh · prithee · verily · forsooth · wherefore · whence

literary

bard

Poet of epics

  • sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
  • verseMetered poetic passage
  • proseUnversified language

quill · parchment · folio · stanza · rhyme · meter · allegory · tragedy · comedy · drama

Categories
Opposites
speech act

sayesthearken

Listen with attention

hear · listen · remain silent · keep mum · receive

linguistic register/era

sayestsay

Speak words aloud

says · contemporary language · colloquial speech · informal speech · vernacular

VERBAL vs. NON-VERBAL

sayestsay nothing

Refrain from speaking

muteness · silence

Family

sayer

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G