naught

or nought

[ nawt ]
/ nɔt /

noun

a cipher (0); zero.

adjective

lost; ruined.
Archaic. worthless; useless.
Obsolete. morally bad; wicked.

adverb

Obsolete. not.

Idioms for naught

    come to naught, to come to nothing; be without result or fruition; fail.
    set at naught, to regard or treat as of no importance; disdain: He entered a milieu that set his ideals at naught.

Origin of naught

before 900; Middle English; Old English nauht, nāwiht ( no1 + wiht thing). See nought, wight1, whit

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH naught

naught nought

Example sentences from the Web for naught

British Dictionary definitions for naught

naught
/ (nɔːt) /

noun

archaic, or literary nothing or nothingness; ruin or failure
a variant spelling (esp US) of nought
set at naught to have disregard or scorn for; disdain

adverb

archaic, or literary not at all it matters naught

adjective

obsolete worthless, ruined, or wicked

Word Origin for naught

Old English nāwiht, from no 1 + wiht thing, person; see wight 1, whit

Idioms and Phrases with naught

naught

see come to nothing (naught).