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Word entry · 3 letters

aye

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"Affirmative"

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3 lettersPronunciation /eɪ/Sorted aeyStarts with AEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. yes, used especially in voting or formal situations.

Word origin

From Middle English ay, ai, aȝȝ, from Old Norse ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwa, *aiwō (“ever, always”), from *aiwaz (“age; law”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time”). Doublet of aeviternity and aevum.

Used in a sentence

  • […]Do that good miſcheefe, which may make this Iſland / Thine owne for euer, and I thy Caliban, / For aye thy foot-licker.
  • The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, / And southward aye we fled.
  • Let the Amen sound from His people again; / Gladly for aye we adore Him.

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