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naught
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English
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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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nôt, IPA(key): /nɔːt/
- (US) enPR: nôt, IPA(key): /nɔt/
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: nät, IPA(key): /nɑt/
Audio (US): (file) - Homophones: not, knot (cot–caught merger)
- Rhymes: -ɔːt
Pronoun
naught
- Nothing.
- Naught can come of this, you mark my words.
- 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 215:
- Eat! Drink! Love! for all else is naught.
- 1994, Mike Hayes, Tell Us Anothree! More yarns from all around Australia, Sydney: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, published 2001, page 24:
- But that was naught to my old mate, he didn't mind at all.
- 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 56:
- My day starts where yesterday's had finished - at St Pancras, only this time on Thameslink and the subterranean station I first visited when it was naught but an empty box. Now it's a vital cross-London interchange.
Derived terms
Translations
nothing — see nothing
Noun
naught (countable and uncountable, plural naughts)
- (archaic) Nothingness.
- (chiefly US, dated) Alternative spelling of nought.
Derived terms
Translations
Numeral
naught
See also
References
- “naught”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Middle English
Pronoun
naught
- alternative form of nought
Adverb
naught
- alternative form of nought
Adjective
naught
- alternative form of nought
Noun
naught
- alternative form of nought
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