Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ixnay
Participle: ixnayed
Gerund: ixnaying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ixnay |
| you | ixnay |
| he;she;it | ixnays |
| we | ixnay |
| you | ixnay |
| they | ixnay |
Perfect
| I | have ixnayed |
| you | have ixnayed |
| he;she;it | has ixnayed |
| we | have ixnayed |
| you | have ixnayed |
| they | have ixnayed |
Past
| I | ixnayed |
| you | ixnayed |
| he;she;it | ixnayed |
| we | ixnayed |
| you | ixnayed |
| they | ixnayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had ixnayed |
| you | had ixnayed |
| he;she;it | had ixnayed |
| we | had ixnayed |
| you | had ixnayed |
| they | had ixnayed |
Future
| I | will ixnay |
| you | will ixnay |
| he;she;it | will ixnay |
| we | will ixnay |
| you | will ixnay |
| they | will ixnay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ixnayed |
| you | will have ixnayed |
| he;she;it | will have ixnayed |
| we | will have ixnayed |
| you | will have ixnayed |
| they | will have ixnayed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ixnay |
| you | ixnay |
| he;she;it | ixnay |
| we | ixnay |
| you | ixnay |
| they | ixnay |
Perfect
| I | have ixnayed |
| you | have ixnayed |
| he;she;it | have ixnayed |
| we | have ixnayed |
| you | have ixnayed |
| they | have ixnayed |
Imperfect
| I | ixnayed |
| you | ixnayed |
| he;she;it | ixnayed |
| we | ixnayed |
| you | ixnayed |
| they | ixnayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had ixnayed |
| you | had ixnayed |
| he;she;it | had ixnayed |
| we | had ixnayed |
| you | had ixnayed |
| they | had ixnayed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ixnay |
| you | would ixnay |
| he;she;it | would ixnay |
| we | would ixnay |
| you | would ixnay |
| they | would ixnay |
Perfect
| I | would have ixnayed |
| you | would have ixnayed |
| he;she;it | would have ixnayed |
| we | would have ixnayed |
| you | would have ixnayed |
| they | would have ixnayed |
Imperative
| you | ixnay |
| we | Let's ixnay |
| you | ixnay |
Verbs conjugated like 'ixnay'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ixnay'
denay,
imbay,
inlay,
nay,
renay,
abray,
allay,
amay,
annoy,
apay,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Pig Latin version of nix; possibly the only Pig Latin word to enter common American English besides amscray and igpay. Ixnay and amscray were used widely in The Three Stooges shorts and The Flintstones episodes, possibly the main sources of popularity for the words.
Sample Sentences
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If I wasn't so bored out of my mind, I would have ixnayed that idea. [2009, Kathleen Kaska, Murder at the Arlington, Salvo Press, →ISBN:]
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Personally, I'd rather feel momentarily bummed when my agent ixnays a two-paragraph idea than totally crushed when she ixnays a 110-page screenplay it took six months to perfect. [2013, Gervich Chad, How to Manage Your Agent: A Writer’s Guide to Hollywood Representation, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 295:]
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You didn't want to ask for a handout—you have a vague memory of him ixnaying advances when you signed your contract—but you don't have much choice. [2015, Angelina Mirabella, The Sweetheart: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 158:]
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TRUMP'S MEDIA BUBBLE COLLAPSES: Fox News struggles to ixnay the Epsteinway. [2025 July 22, “MSNBC”, in YouTube:]
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物騒 [2026 January 26 [2025 January 26], Kousuke Oono, chapter 27, in Amanda Haley, transl., Way of the Househusband, volume 15, VIZ Media, translation of 極主夫道 [Gokushufudō] (in Japanese), →ISBN, page 8:]