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nay

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nay/neɪ/

▶adverb

1 or rather; and more than that.

2 archaic or dialect no.

▶noun a negative answer.

– origin ME: from ON nei, from ne ‘not’ + ei ‘ever’ (cf. aye2).

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