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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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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