Naught
Naught (nat) , noun
[Old English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, Anglo-Saxon nāwiht, nāuht, nāht; ne not + ā ever + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See No, adv. Whit, and compare Aught, Not.]
1.
Nothing.
Doth Job fear God for naught?
2.
The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher.
Collocations (1)
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.
Naught , adverb
In no degree; not at all. — Chaucer
To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied.
Naught , adjective
1.
Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer.
Go, get you to your house; begone, away!
All will be naught else.
Things naught and things indifferent.
2.
Hence, vile; base; naughty. [Obsolete]
No man can be stark naught at once.