noughtyadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɔːti/, U.S.

/ˈnɔdi/,

/ˈnɑdi/

Forms: see nought pron., n., adv., and adj. and -y suffix¹; also Middle English nowthty, Middle English nowtty, 1500s nowty, 1500s noythy, 1500s noyty; Scottish pre-1700 nochtthy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nought pron., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < nought pron. + -y suffix¹. Compare naughty adj.

†1. Of behaviour, an action, etc.: bad, immoral, wicked. Cf. naughty adj. 3a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > [adjective]

unfairc888

missOE

ungoodc1000

quedec1275

wondlichc1275

badc1330

divers1340

quedeful1340

shrewdc1384

lewdc1386

ungoodly1390

diverse1393

noughta1400

imperfectc1400

noughtyc1400

unblesseda1425

sinister1474

naughty?a1500

podea1522

naught1536

pelsy1785

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil action > [adjective]

noughta1400

noughtyc1400

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1359 (MED) Hit is not innoghe to þe nice al noȝty þink use, Bot if alle þe worlde wyt his wykked dedes.

c1450 tr. Secreta Secret. (Royal) 14 (MED) Leue þe noughti lyf of bestis that euyr lyve in filthis.

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. i. f. viii^v Of many noughty thynges I touche there but a fewe, and suche as were in no wyse to be dissembled.

1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 21 §1 A woman, whiche was priuie to hir noughtie life before.

1575 J. Knox Wks. (1864) VI. 379 Preserve us..from the noughtie liustes and affections of the fleshe.

1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 48 Sin, noughty Nothing that mak'st all things nought.

1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio ii. 150 All grosser sinnes, and vainer pleasures, by A Sythe cut off..And noughty thoughts cut from the head.

†2. Of a person, etc.: morally bad, wicked; vile. Cf. naughty adj. 2a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > base person > [adjective]

vilea1300

unnoblea1382

noughty1443

villain1509

vild1567

scalded1568

brokerly1592

broking1592

poor-spirited1611

scald1742

basilar1884

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > base or vile

low?c1225

lechera1300

vilea1300

feeblea1325

unfreec1330

villain1340

wrackc1375

villains1390

noughty1443

slovenly?1518

peasant1550

sluttish1561

vild1567

knaifatic1568

scallardc1575

base1576

tinkerly?1576

beggarly?1577

cullion-like1591

brokerly1592

broking1592

ignoble1592

cullionly1608

disnoble1609

unsolid1731

lowly1740

blackguard1751

blackguardly1779

menial1837

low-flung1841

caddish1868

basilar1884

bounding1904

bounderish1928

1443 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 247 (MED) Of nowghty men in riotous wyse wer maad at Salesbury assemblees.

1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 268 Be ware howe ye ryd or go, for nowgty and euyll desposyd felachepys.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 12^v If he geue by wil to noughty folkis.., it puteth a weye the courage of his goode seruauntis.

a1529 J. Skelton Against Scottes (1843) 56 Ye for to sende such a citacion, It shameth all your noughty nacion.

c1535 Ploughman's Tale iii. sig. C.vi^v And they were noughty foule and horowe To worshyppe god men wolde wlate.

1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. E.viii^v Let noughtye men, saye what they lyst to the[e].

c1590 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 217 §70 Ȝour nochtie natus coustumat to tort No God cognoscis.

†a. Bad in condition or of its kind; (of food or drink) of bad quality, unfit for consumption; = nought pron. 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective]

woughc888

litherc893

frakeda900

sinnyc950

unrighteouseOE

baleOE

manOE

unfeleOE

ungoodc1000

unwrasta1122

illc1175

nithec1175

wickc1175

hinderfulc1200

quedec1275

wickedc1275

wondlichc1275

unkindc1325

badc1330

divers1340

wrakefula1350

felonousc1374

flagitiousc1384

lewdc1386

noughta1387

ungoodly1390

unquertc1390

diverse1393

felona1400

imperfectc1400

unfairc1400

unfinec1400

unblesseda1425

meschant?c1450

naughtyc1460

feculent1471

sinister1474

noughty?1490

ill-deedya1500

pernicious?1533

scelerous1534

naught1536

goodlyc1560

nefarious1567

iron1574

felly1583

paganish1587

improbate1596

malefactious1607

villain1607

infand1608

scelestious1609

illful1613

scelestic1628

inimicitious1641

infandous1645

iniquous1655

improbous1657

malefactory1667

perta1704

iniquitous1726

unracy1782

unredeemed1799

demoralized1800

fetid1805

scarlet1820

gammy1832

nefast1849

disvaluable1942

badass1955

bad-assed1962

?1490 tr. Gouernayle of Helthe sig. A viii^v And then woll a mannys body wexe full of noughty humors, By cause that the colere ys drawen to the mouth of the stomak.

1526 Grete Herball cccclxxxi. sig. Bbiii/2 Of y^e saide scomme y^e noughty conutrefayte sugre is made, for it is lyghter than the good, and is full of holes and pyttes within.

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Oij^v They that..be rotten, and founde in noughty waters be daungerous.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 33 Yf a feaste..had fewsty and noughty bread, all the other daynties shulde be vnsauery.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 361 The same put into the holes of corrupt and noughtie teeth, swageth the tooth-ache.

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health lii. 61 Garlicke..is good for them that trauaile..if they happen to drinke noughtie corrupt water.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects ii. 296 They may not after build upon a rotten, noughty, or weake foundation.

b. Good for nothing; useless, of little worth; insignificant, trifling, puny. Cf. nought pron. 2. Scottish in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little worth

undearc897

little worthc1175

sorry1372

petitc1390

simplec1440

noughty1508

quadrant1589

weak1600

cheapa1604

patch panel1606

unprizablea1616

petite1766

Sears-Roebuck1917

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. ss.iiij Syth he hathe gyuen vnto this noughty worlde so many grete pleasures.

1551 W. Turner New Herball 141 That whiche is..sharpe or rough or darke and full of asshes..is greuous and noughty.

c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 88 In drawing of this nochtie noysum dyt.

1655 Session Rec. Lesmahagow, Ann. (1864) viii. 128 Ye Session taking into y^r consideration that M^r Thomas' school has been very nochtie.

1821 J. Galt Ayrshire Legatees viii. 235 If she be a noghty woman, awa' wi' her.

1835 D. Webster Orig. Sc. Rhymes 203 When he lifts his mole-like een, With a nochty nose between.

1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 101 The farmers did not wish to have a Highland cow, and the coupers who passed sneered at it as a ‘nochty beastie’.

1947 Forfar Dispatch 9 Jan. in Sc. National Dict. at Nocht Inahent the coonter she's no' near sic a nochtie, shilpit, wee thingie.

Compounds

C1.

† noughty disposed adj. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. f. 65^v It is folye to suffer the fome of a horse, or the striking of his fote, and not abyde anye thynge that a foole dothe, or a noughtye disposed felowe speaketh.

C2.

† noughty pack n. Obsolete = naughty pack n.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > person of bad character

argha1275

noughty packc1520

dunghill1542

land-rat1600

black sheep1640

cacodemon1711

mauvais sujet1793

bad lot1835

badmash1843

rotter1879

wrong 'un1892

wrongo1937

c1520 tr. Terence Andria i. i, in Terens in Eng. sig. A.iiii He is in loue wyth that noughtypake.

1526 Pylgrimage of Perfection (de Worde) f. 37^v Al though they be wretched lyuers & noughty packes amonge.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe ii. sig. D2^v Tell me then I beseech you, doe not you thinke this minx is some noughty packe whome my husband hath fallen in loue with, and meanes to keepe vnder my nose at his garden house.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	noughty
释义	noughtyadj. Brit. /ˈnɔːti/, U.S. /ˈnɔdi/, /ˈnɑdi/ Forms: see nought pron., n., adv., and adj. and -y suffix¹; also Middle English nowthty, Middle English nowtty, 1500s nowty, 1500s noythy, 1500s noyty; Scottish pre-1700 nochtthy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nought pron., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < nought pron. + -y suffix¹. Compare naughty adj. †1. Of behaviour, an action, etc.: bad, immoral, wicked. Cf. naughty adj. 3a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] unfairc888 missOE ungoodc1000 quedec1275 wondlichc1275 badc1330 divers1340 quedeful1340 shrewdc1384 lewdc1386 ungoodly1390 diverse1393 noughta1400 imperfectc1400 noughtyc1400 unblesseda1425 sinister1474 naughty?a1500 podea1522 naught1536 pelsy1785 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil action > [adjective] noughta1400 noughtyc1400 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1359 (MED) Hit is not innoghe to þe nice al noȝty þink use, Bot if alle þe worlde wyt his wykked dedes. c1450 tr. Secreta Secret. (Royal) 14 (MED) Leue þe noughti lyf of bestis that euyr lyve in filthis. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. i. f. viii^v Of many noughty thynges I touche there but a fewe, and suche as were in no wyse to be dissembled. 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 21 §1 A woman, whiche was priuie to hir noughtie life before. 1575 J. Knox Wks. (1864) VI. 379 Preserve us..from the noughtie liustes and affections of the fleshe. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 48 Sin, noughty Nothing that mak'st all things nought. 1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio ii. 150 All grosser sinnes, and vainer pleasures, by A Sythe cut off..And noughty thoughts cut from the head. †2. Of a person, etc.: morally bad, wicked; vile. Cf. naughty adj. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > base person > [adjective] vilea1300 unnoblea1382 noughty1443 villain1509 vild1567 scalded1568 brokerly1592 broking1592 poor-spirited1611 scald1742 basilar1884 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > base or vile low?c1225 lechera1300 vilea1300 feeblea1325 unfreec1330 villain1340 wrackc1375 villains1390 noughty1443 slovenly?1518 peasant1550 sluttish1561 vild1567 knaifatic1568 scallardc1575 base1576 tinkerly?1576 beggarly?1577 cullion-like1591 brokerly1592 broking1592 ignoble1592 cullionly1608 disnoble1609 unsolid1731 lowly1740 blackguard1751 blackguardly1779 menial1837 low-flung1841 caddish1868 basilar1884 bounding1904 bounderish1928 1443 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 247 (MED) Of nowghty men in riotous wyse wer maad at Salesbury assemblees. 1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 268 Be ware howe ye ryd or go, for nowgty and euyll desposyd felachepys. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 12^v If he geue by wil to noughty folkis.., it puteth a weye the courage of his goode seruauntis. a1529 J. Skelton Against Scottes (1843) 56 Ye for to sende such a citacion, It shameth all your noughty nacion. c1535 Ploughman's Tale iii. sig. C.vi^v And they were noughty foule and horowe To worshyppe god men wolde wlate. 1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. E.viii^v Let noughtye men, saye what they lyst to the[e]. c1590 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 217 §70 Ȝour nochtie natus coustumat to tort No God cognoscis. 3. †a. Bad in condition or of its kind; (of food or drink) of bad quality, unfit for consumption; = nought pron. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective] woughc888 litherc893 frakeda900 sinnyc950 unrighteouseOE baleOE manOE unfeleOE ungoodc1000 unwrasta1122 illc1175 nithec1175 wickc1175 hinderfulc1200 quedec1275 wickedc1275 wondlichc1275 unkindc1325 badc1330 divers1340 wrakefula1350 felonousc1374 flagitiousc1384 lewdc1386 noughta1387 ungoodly1390 unquertc1390 diverse1393 felona1400 imperfectc1400 unfairc1400 unfinec1400 unblesseda1425 meschant?c1450 naughtyc1460 feculent1471 sinister1474 noughty?1490 ill-deedya1500 pernicious?1533 scelerous1534 naught1536 goodlyc1560 nefarious1567 iron1574 felly1583 paganish1587 improbate1596 malefactious1607 villain1607 infand1608 scelestious1609 illful1613 scelestic1628 inimicitious1641 infandous1645 iniquous1655 improbous1657 malefactory1667 perta1704 iniquitous1726 unracy1782 unredeemed1799 demoralized1800 fetid1805 scarlet1820 gammy1832 nefast1849 disvaluable1942 badass1955 bad-assed1962 ?1490 tr. Gouernayle of Helthe sig. A viii^v And then woll a mannys body wexe full of noughty humors, By cause that the colere ys drawen to the mouth of the stomak. 1526 Grete Herball cccclxxxi. sig. Bbiii/2 Of y^e saide scomme y^e noughty conutrefayte sugre is made, for it is lyghter than the good, and is full of holes and pyttes within. ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Oij^v They that..be rotten, and founde in noughty waters be daungerous. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 33 Yf a feaste..had fewsty and noughty bread, all the other daynties shulde be vnsauery. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 361 The same put into the holes of corrupt and noughtie teeth, swageth the tooth-ache. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health lii. 61 Garlicke..is good for them that trauaile..if they happen to drinke noughtie corrupt water. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects ii. 296 They may not after build upon a rotten, noughty, or weake foundation. b. Good for nothing; useless, of little worth; insignificant, trifling, puny. Cf. nought pron. 2. Scottish in later use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little worth undearc897 little worthc1175 sorry1372 petitc1390 simplec1440 noughty1508 quadrant1589 weak1600 cheapa1604 patch panel1606 unprizablea1616 petite1766 Sears-Roebuck1917 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. ss.iiij Syth he hathe gyuen vnto this noughty worlde so many grete pleasures. 1551 W. Turner New Herball 141 That whiche is..sharpe or rough or darke and full of asshes..is greuous and noughty. c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 88 In drawing of this nochtie noysum dyt. 1655 Session Rec. Lesmahagow, Ann. (1864) viii. 128 Ye Session taking into y^r consideration that M^r Thomas' school has been very nochtie. 1821 J. Galt Ayrshire Legatees viii. 235 If she be a noghty woman, awa' wi' her. 1835 D. Webster Orig. Sc. Rhymes 203 When he lifts his mole-like een, With a nochty nose between. 1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 101 The farmers did not wish to have a Highland cow, and the coupers who passed sneered at it as a ‘nochty beastie’. 1947 Forfar Dispatch 9 Jan. in Sc. National Dict. at Nocht Inahent the coonter she's no' near sic a nochtie, shilpit, wee thingie. Compounds C1. † noughty disposed adj. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. f. 65^v It is folye to suffer the fome of a horse, or the striking of his fote, and not abyde anye thynge that a foole dothe, or a noughtye disposed felowe speaketh. C2. † noughty pack n. Obsolete = naughty pack n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > person of bad character argha1275 noughty packc1520 dunghill1542 land-rat1600 black sheep1640 cacodemon1711 mauvais sujet1793 bad lot1835 badmash1843 rotter1879 wrong 'un1892 wrongo1937 c1520 tr. Terence Andria i. i, in Terens in Eng. sig. A.iiii He is in loue wyth that noughtypake. 1526 Pylgrimage of Perfection (de Worde) f. 37^v Al though they be wretched lyuers & noughty packes amonge. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe ii. sig. D2^v Tell me then I beseech you, doe not you thinke this minx is some noughty packe whome my husband hath fallen in loue with, and meanes to keepe vnder my nose at his garden house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † noughtyadv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: noughty adj. Etymology: < noughty adj. Compare naughty adv. Obsolete. rare. In an inferior manner; unacceptably. ΚΠ 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 169 The vnfruitefull and noughty [1586 naughtie] coloured, and the otherwyse faulty, ought cheefely to be fatted. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.c1400adv.1577
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noughtyadj.

Compounds

† noughtyadv.