- No
- No No, adv. [OE. no, na, AS. n[=a]; ne not + [=a] ever. AS. ne
is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni,
L. ne, Gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-.
[root] 193. See {Aye}, and cf. {Nay}, {Not}, {Nice},
{Nefarious}.]
Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word
expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after
another negative, no is emphatic.
[1913 Webster]
We do no otherwise than we are willed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no I dare accept this your congratulation. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
There is none righteous, no, not one. --Rom. iii. 10. [1913 Webster]
No! Nay, Heaven forbid. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.