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Webster 1913 Edition
Naught
Naught
(na̤t)
, Noun.
1.
Nothing.
[Written also
nought
.] Doth Job fear God for
naught
? Job i. 9.
2.
The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See
Cipher
. To set at naught
, to treat as of no account; to disregard; to despise; to defy; to treat with ignominy.
“Ye have set at naught all my counsel.” Prov. i. 25.
Naught
,adv.
In no degree; not at all.
Chaucer.
To wealth or sovereign power he
naught
applied. Fairfax.
Naught
,Adj.
1.
Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.
It is
naught
, it is naught
, saith the buyer. Prov. xx. 14.
Go, get you to your house; begone, away!
All will be
All will be
naught
else. Shakespeare
Things
naught
and things indifferent. Hooker.
2.
Hence, vile; base; naughty.
[Obs.]
No man can be stark
naught
at once. Fuller.
Webster 1828 Edition
Naught
NAUGHT
,Noun.
Doth Job serve God for naught? Job 1.
Thou sellest thy people for naught. Psalm 44.
To set at naught, to slight, to disregard or despise.
Ye have set at naught all my counsel. Proverbs 1.
NAUGHT
,adv.
To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied.
NAUGHT
,Adj.
Things naught and things indifferent.
It is naught, it is naught, says the buyer. Proverbs 20.
Definition 2024
naught
naught
English
Alternative forms
Noun
naught (countable and uncountable, plural naughts)
- (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada) Zero.
- Yet another naught on the scoreboard for the home team.
- (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada) Nothing; nothingness.
- Naught can come of this, you mark my words.
Derived terms
Translations
zero
nothingness
Pronoun
naught
Translations
See also
References
- naught in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913