naught

Definitions

1. 1.2. 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.
2. 2.In no degree; not at all. Chaucer. To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied. Fairfax.
3. 3.Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer. Prov. xx.
4. 4.Go, get you to your house; begone, away! All will be naught else. Shak. Things naught and things indifferent. Hooker.
5. 5.Hence, vile; base; naughty. [Obs.] No man can be stark naught at once. Fuller.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is naught.

• What is in no degree; not at all. Chaucer. To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied. Fairfax called?
• What is of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer. Prov. xx called?
• What is go, get you to your house; begone, away! All will be naught else. Shak. Things naught and things indifferent. Hooker called?
• What is hence, vile; base; naughty. [Obs.] No man can be stark naught at once. Fuller called?