nought
/nɔːt/noun
Middle School
1
Nothing; something which does not exist.
“"It is the truth; naught have I hidden from thee, Kallikrates."”
2
A thing or person of no worth or value; nil.
3
Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.
“0.335 cm is nought/zero point three three five of a centimeter.”
4
The figure or character representing, or having the shape of, zero.
From Middle English nought, noght, noȝt, from Old English nōwiht, nāwiht, which in turn comes from ne-ā-wiht, which was a phrase used as an emphatic "no", meaning "not anything". Equivalent to ne + ought or ne + a + wight. Doublet of naught and not.
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