Yesses

Part of speech: noun

Pronunciation: /jɛsɪz/

Definitions

1. An affirmative response or agreement expressed in the plural form
2. multiple instances of saying yes to indicate consent or approval
3. a collection of positive acknowledgments confirming acceptance or support

Etymology: "Yesses" is simply the plural of "yes," so it is the form of "yes" used when several affirmations are counted or strung together, as in a crowd chanting its agreement or a speaker being met with a chorus of replies. The word it is built on, "yes," comes from the same root as "yea," the older, more formal way of saying yes that survives mainly in archaic and religious English. The two share an ancestry going back through Old English, and a close relative appears in Faroese "júsá," meaning "yes, indeed, certainly," which shows how the sound of the affirmative has held steady across the related Germanic languages.

Synonyms: affirmatives, agreements, approvals, consents, assents

Antonyms: nos, disagreements, refusals, denials, negations