Definition/Meaning of nay

• English - Adverb: nay ( not comparable ) ( archaic ) no Derived terms nay-say naysayer
• English - Conjunction: nay or even , or more like , or should I say . Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one . His face was dirty , nay filthy . 1663 , Hudibras , by Samuel Butler , part 1 , canto 2 [...] And proved not only horse , but cows , / Nay pigs , were of the elder house: / For beasts , when man was but a piece / Of earth himself , did th' earth possess . 1748 . David…
• English - Noun: nay ( plural nays ) A vote against . I vote nay , even though the motion is popular , because I would rather be right than popular . A person who voted against . The vote is 4 in favor and 20 opposed , the nays have it .
• English - Verb: nay ( third-person singular simple present nays , present participle naying , simple past and past participle nayed ) ( obsolete ) To refuse . (Can we find and add a quotation of Holinshed to this entry?)
• English - Adjective: nary