1377,
naugti "needy, having nothing," from O.E.
nawiht (see
naught). Sense of "wicked, evil, morally wrong" is attested from 1529. The more tame main modern sense of "disobedient" (especially of children) is attested from 1633. A woman of bad character c.1530-1750 might be called a
naughty pack.