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naught definition

naught (nôt)

pronoun

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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