adverb
1.
and not only so but; not only that but also; indeed: many good, nay, noble qualities.
2.
Archaic. no (used in dissent, denial, or refusal).
noun
3.
a denial or refusal.
4.
a negative vote or voter.
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| —sentence substitute | |
| 1. | archaic, dialect chiefly, or an archaic or dialect (except in voting by voice) word for no |
| —n | |
| 2. | a. a person who votes in the negative |
| b. a negative vote | |
| —adv | |
| 3. | archaic (sentence modifier) an emphatic form of no |
| [C12: from Old Norse nei, from ne not + ei ever, | |
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Word Origin & History
nay
word of negation, c.1175, from O.N. nei, compound of ne "not" (see un-) + ei "ever." Nay-say "refusal" is from 1631.
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