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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
naught

▶pronoun archaic nothing. ▶noun N. Amer. variant spelling of nought.

– phrases
come to naught be ruined or foiled.
set at naught archaic disregard; despise.

– origin OE nāwiht, -wuht, from nā ‘no’ + wiht ‘thing’ (see wight).

'naught' also found in these Oxford entries:

naughty - nought

Forum discussions with the word(s) "naught" in the title:

Aught and naught
Better aught than naught
come to naught / nothing
Naught is as its eloquence
naught Vs Zero
nought vs naught
to naught in a single night

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