naught

n. [ OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS. nāwiht, nāuht, nāht; ne not + ā ever + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See No, adv. Whit, and cf. Aught, Not. ] 1. Nothing. [ Written also nought. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Doth Job fear God for naught? Job i. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer. Prov. xx. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, get you to your house; begone, away!
All will be naught else. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Things naught and things indifferent. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, vile; base; naughty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

No man can be stark naught at once. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a naughty manner; wickedly; perversely. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being naughty; perverseness; badness; wickedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart. 1 Sam. xvii. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Naughtily; wrongly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

because my parents naughtly brought me up. Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]