Naught /(na̤t)/

Naught

n.
  1. Nothing.
    Doth Job fear God for naught?
    — Job i. 9.
  2. The arithmetical character 0; a 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.

Naught

adv.
  1. In no degree; not at all.
    To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied.

Naught

a.
  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.
    Things naught and things indifferent.
  2. Hence, vile; base; naughty. [Obs.]
    No man can be stark naught at once.