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NAUGHTIES
Etymology 1
Noun
naughties pl (plural only)
(informal) Naughty people or things.
Etymology 2
Noun
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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