Nearby Words
adjective, -ti·er, -ti·est.
1.
disobedient; mischievous (used especially 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.
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Naughty
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Word Origin & History
naughty
late 14c., naugti "needy, having nothing," from O.E. nawiht (see naught). Sense of "wicked, evil, morally wrong" is attested from 1520s. The more tame main modern sense of "disobedient" (especially of children) is attested from 1630s. A woman of bad character c.1530-1750
EXPAND might be called a naughty pack.
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