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naught

pron
/nɔːt/UK/nɔt/US/nɑt/

Etymology

From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht. Cognate with West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”). Doublet of nought. Equivalent to ne + aught.

  1. inherited from nawiht
  2. inherited from naught

Definitions

  1. Nothing.

    • Naught can come of this, you mark my words.
    • Eat! Drink! Love! for all else is naught.
    • But that was naught to my old mate, he didn't mind at all.

  2. Nothingness.

  3. Alternative spelling of nought.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Alternative spelling of nought (“zero”).

The neighborhood

Derived

naughty

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for naught. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA