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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Naught

/(na̤t)/ · IPA /nɔt/
01 n. Nothing.
  1. 1.
    Nothing.
    “Doth Job fear God for naught?” — Job i. 9.
  2. 2.
    The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher. See: Cipher
Phrases & compounds
To set at naught — to treat as of no account; to disregard; to despise; to defy; to treat with ignominy.
02 adv. In no degree; not at all.
  1. 1.
    In no degree; not at all.
    “To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied.” — Fairfax.
03 a. Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.
  1. 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. 2.
    Hence, vile; base; naughty.[Obs.]
    “No man can be stark naught at once.” — Fuller.