/nawt/ , n.
1. nothing.
2. a cipher (0); zero.
3. come to naught , to come to nothing; be without result or fruition; fail.
4. set at naught , to regard or treat as of no importance; disdain: He entered a milieu that set his ideals at naught.
adj.
5. lost; ruined.
6. Archaic. worthless; useless.
7. Obs. morally bad; wicked.
adv.
8. Obs. not.
Also, nought .
[ bef. 900; ME; OE nauht, nawiht ( na NO 1 + wiht thing). See NOUGHT, WIGHT 1 , WHIT ]