Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To refuse.
adj
Nary; not any
noun
A vote against. · A person who voted against. · A denial; a refusal.
adv
No. · Introducing a statement, without direct negation. · Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one).
intj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryNo.
From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no. The verb is from Middle English nayen (“to refuse, deny, gainsay”), from the interjection and adverb above.
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