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naught Definition

naught (nôt)

nothing

Etymology: ME < OE nawiht < na (see no) + wiht (see wight, whit)

noun

  1. nothing
  2. nought

adjective

  1. worthless; useless
  2. wicked; evil

adverb

Archaic not in the least it matters naught

naught Idioms

set at naught

to defy; scorn

naught Synonyms

naught

n.

nought, zero, not anything; see nothing.

naught Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • do: I'm stalled of doing naught; and I do like - I could like to hear her!

Used with adjective complement

  • have: But when I approached Fleeming, I found myself in another world; he would have naught of me.

Noun used with modifier

  • fear: Fear naught, he shall not harm thee, gentle Flavia.
naught Quotes

It must be soöPlato, thou reason'st well!ö Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought!

—Addison,Joseph

The man that will nocht quhen he may Sall haif nocht quhen he wald.

—Henryson, Robert

Only your hearts be frolic, for the time Craves that we taste of naught but jouissance.

—Greene, Robert

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