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Pronunciation : Naught
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS. n, n, n; ne not + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See No, adv. Whit, and cf. Aught, Not.]
Definition : 1. Nothing. [Written also nought.] Doth Job fear God for naught Job i. 9.

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. 25.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Naught
Part of Speech : adv.
Definition : Defn: In no degree; not at all. Chaucer. To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied. Fairfax.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Naught
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer. Prov. xx. 14. Go, get you to your house; begone, away! All will be naught else. Shak. Things naught and things indifferent. Hooker.

2. Hence, vile; base; naughty. [Obs.] No man can be stark naught at once. Fuller.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913