NAUGHTIES

naughties pl (plural only)

(informal) Naughty people or things.

naughties pl (plural only)

Alternative form of noughties (first decade of a century)

Source: Wiktionary

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 Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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15 January 2025

(verb) have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; “She bears the title of Duchess”; “He held the governorship for almost a decade”

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.