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Added 9 October 2026

naught

/nɔːt/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about naught at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A quantity of no importance.
it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
Complete failure.
all my efforts led to naught

Origin

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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