nary a



nary a

Not one, as in There's nary a mention of taxes in that speech, or Nary an officer could be seen. This archaic-sounding contraction of "never a" remains in current use. [Mid-1700s]

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Machli-Biblical Hebrew
Bracha-Hebrew
Chara-Greek
Merit (2)-Swedish
HelĒNa-Latvian
AstaAHS-tah (Swedish, Norwegian)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish