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nought

Pronunciation: /nɔu̯xt/

“nought” is a Middle English word. Its 15 meanings in English:

pronoun

  1. nothing, none

adverb

  1. not (negates the accompanying verb)
  2. not (to no degree, extent, or way)

adjective

  1. iniquitous, wicked
  2. valueless, worthless
  3. ineffectual, depleted
  4. powerless, useless
  5. null and void, invalid
  6. unfitting, improper

noun

  1. nothing, nought
  2. nothingness, void
  3. evil, iniquity
  4. That which is worthless
  5. zero (number)

conjunction

  1. and not

Etymology

From Old English nāwiht, nōwiht, from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht; equivalent to ne + ought.

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