AUGHTS

Noun

aughts pl (plural only)

The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero. The oughts, the noughties.

Anagrams

• ghauts, saught

Source: Wiktionary


AUGHT

Aught, Aucht, n. Etym: [AS. , fr. agan to own, p. p. ahte.]

Definition: Property; possession. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Aught, n. Etym: [OE. aught, ought, awiht, AS. awiht, a ever + wiht. *136. See Aye ever, and Whit, Wight.]

Definition: Anything; any part. [Also written ought.] There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. Josh. xxi. 45 But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison.

Aught, adv.

Definition: At all; in any degree. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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