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naught.

Nothing.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

pron/nɔːt/Received-Pronunciation/noːt/Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard/nɔt//nɑt/cot-caught-merger
  1. Nothing.

    Naught can come of this, you mark my words.
Where this word comes from

From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht. Cognate with West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”). Doublet of nought. Equivalent to ne + aught.

noun/nɔːt/Received-Pronunciation/noːt/Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard/nɔt//nɑt/cot-caught-merger
  1. Nothingness.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
  2. Alternative spelling of nought.

    US · alt-of · alternative · countable · dated · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht. Cognate with West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”). Doublet of nought. Equivalent to ne + aught.

num/nɔːt/Received-Pronunciation/noːt/Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard/nɔt//nɑt/cot-caught-merger
  1. Alternative spelling of nought (“zero”).

    alt-of · alternative · archaic
Where this word comes from

From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht. Cognate with West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”). Doublet of nought. Equivalent to ne + aught.

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