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naughty

naughty is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Worthless; bad; good for nothing. [Obs.] The other basket had very naughty figs. Jer. xxiv.
  2. 2.3. hence, corrupt; wicked. [Archaic] So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Shak.
  3. 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.

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

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