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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Naughty  \Naugh"ty\,  a.  [Compar.  {Naughtier};  superl. 
  {Naughtiest}.] 
  1.  Having  little  or  nothing.  [Obs.] 
 
  [Men]  that  needy  be  and  naughty,  help  them  with  thy 
  goods.  --Piers 
  Plowman. 
 
  2.  Worthless;  bad  good  for  nothing.  [Obs.] 
 
  The  other  basket  had  very  naughty  figs.  --Jer.  xxiv. 
  2. 
 
  3.  hence  corrupt;  wicked.  [Archaic] 
 
  So  shines  a  good  deed  in  a  naughty  world.  --Shak. 
 
  4.  Mischievous;  perverse;  froward;  guilty  of  disobedient  or 
  improper  conduct;  as  a  naughty  child. 
 
  Note:  This  word  is  now  seldom  used  except  in  the  latter 
  sense  as  applied  to  children,  or  in  sportive  censure. 




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