• Wouldn't

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈwÊŠdnÌ©t/

    Origin

    would + -n't

    Full definition of wouldn't

    Contraction

      • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, Mr. Pratt's Patients Chapter 6, She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
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