wouldn't

Definition

would not (negative auxiliary)

Etymology

Contraction of would + not, equivalent to would + -n't.

Example Sentences

• "Wouldn't you often have supper on the terrace on Sundays?"
• "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."