Nay Word Meaning

Middle English (in nay (sense 2 of the adverb)): from Old Norse nei, from ne ‘not’ + ei ‘ever’ (compare with aye)

or rather (used to emphasize a more appropriate word than one just used)

or rather

• permission to build the superstore will take months, nay years

no

no

• nay, I must not think thus

a negative answer

negative answer

• the cabinet sits to give the final yea or nay to policies