NAUGHTY

naughty. Naughty, a. bad, corrupt, wicked, lewd, vile

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Naugh″ty (?), a. [Compar. Naughtier (?); superl. Naughtiest.] 1. 1. Having little or nothing.
that needy be and naughty, help them with thy goods. Piers Plowman. 2. 2. Worthless; bad; good for nothing.
The other basket had very naughty figs. Jer. xxiv. 2. 3. 3. hence, corrupt; wicked.
So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Shak. 4. 4. Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; as, a naughty child.
☞ This word is now seldom used except in the latter sense, as applied to children, or in sportive censure.