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   nay

   /neɪ/

   adverb

   • 1. or rather (used to emphasize a more appropriate word than one just used): "permission to build the superstore will take months, nay years"
   • 2. no: archaic, dialect British "nay, I must not think thus"

   noun

   • 1. a negative answer: "the cabinet sits to give the final yea or nay to policies"

   Word Origin Middle English (in nay (sense 2 of the adverb)): from Old Norse nei, from ne ‘not’ + ei ‘ever’ (compare with aye2).

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • Y

     4

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