Complete Definition of "nay"

see|�ay
English

Pronunciation
n�, /neɪ/, /<tt>neI</tt>/

Homophones
nee
neigh
Rhymes:English:-eɪ|Rhymes: -eɪ

Adverb
nay

  1. archaic no.

Conjunction
nay

  1. or even, or more like, or should I say

#: His face was dirty, nay filthy.
#* 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 18.
#*: And even in our wildest and most wandering reveries, nay in our very dreams, we shall find, if we reflect, that the imagination ran not altogether at adventures,

Translations
trans-top|or even
Portuguese: t+|pt|ou t|pt|mesmo
trans-mid
trans-bottom

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