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naughtier |
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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