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nay  (n)

adv.

1. No: All but four Democrats voted nay.

2. And moreover: He was ill-favored, nay, hideous.

n.

1. A denial or refusal.

2. A negative vote or voter.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse nei : ne, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + ei, ever; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]

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nay [neɪ]

sentence substitute

a word for no¹: archaic or dialectal except in voting by voice

n

a.  a person who votes in the negative

b.  a negative vote

adv

(sentence modifier) Archaic an emphatic form of no¹ Compare aye¹

[from Old Norse nei, from ne not + ei ever, ay¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nay - a negative; "the nays have it" negative - a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative" yea - an affirmative; "The yeas have it"
Adv.	1.	nay - not this merely but also; not only so but; "each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique"

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nay

adverb indeed, actually, in fact, and even, or rather, in truth Long essays, nay, whole books have been written on this.

Translations

nay [neɪ]

A. ADV (archaic or liter) (= no) → no; (= or rather) → más aún, mejor dicho
bad, nay terrible → malo, mejor dicho horrible
dozens, nay hundreds → docenas, más aún centenares

B. N (= refusal) → negativa f; (in voting) → voto m negativo, voto m en contra
to say sb nay → indicar lo contrario a algn
see also yea

nay

adv

(obs, dial) → nein

(liter) surprised, nay astonished → überrascht, nein vielmehr verblüfft

n → Nein nt, → Neinstimme f ? yea

nay [neɪ] adv (old) (no) → no

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nay [neɪ] adv (old) (no) → no