What does "naughty" mean?
Naughty: Worthless; bad; good for nothing. [Obs.] The other basket had very naughty figs. Jer. xxiv.
Additional senses
- 2.3. hence, corrupt; wicked. [Archaic] So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Shak.
- 3.Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; as, a naughty child. Note: This word is now seldom used except in the latter sense, as applied to children, or in sportive censure.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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