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naugh⋅ty

[naw-tee]
–adjective, -ti⋅er, -ti⋅est.
1. disobedient; mischievous (used esp. in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
2. improper, tasteless, indecorous, or indecent: a naughty word.
3. Obsolete. wicked; evil.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see naught, -y 1


naugh⋅ti⋅ly, adverb
naugh⋅ti⋅ness, noun


1. willful, wayward, misbehaving.
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naughty 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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