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adjective

Naughty adj. (compar. naughtier; superl. naughtiest)

Having little or nothing. (Obs.) "(Men) that needy be and naughty, help them with thy goods."

Worthless; bad; good for nothing. (Obs.) "The other basket had very naughty figs."

Hence, corrupt; wicked. (Archaic) "So shines a good deed in a naughty world."

Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; as, a naughty child. Note: This word is now seldom used except in the latter sense, as applied to children, or in sportive censure.

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"Naughty" Quotes from Famous Books

... to survey the room, and contemplate another journey under the table. His shoulder, thrusting forward, checked the wheel for an instant; he shifted hastily. The wheel flew on with a jerk, and the thread snapped. "Naughty Rol!" said the girl. The swiftest wheel stopped also, and the house-mistress, Rol's aunt, leaned forward, and sighting the low curly head, gave a warning against mischief, and sent him off to old ...

— The Were-Wolf • Clemence Housman

... not by any means a model child, for the life she had been living had not been one that helped her to much goodness; but she had very strong affections and a grateful heart; therefore, to remind her that Mrs. Ramsey or Edna would be disappointed in her, if she were naughty, was the surest means of bringing penitence for a fault, a means which does not always work as well with children brought up ...

— A Dear Little Girl • Amy E. Blanchard

... loved, advocated and expounded in American colleges and whom Kirtley had come to Germany to know better and to worship, were scarcely ever mentioned. He was astonished to find that the Germans thought little of them. And Heine likewise, that naughty child of the Vaterland! At the Buchers the presentable red and gilt edition of his poems was kept in Fraeulein's ...

— Villa Elsa - A Story of German Family Life • Stuart Henry

... luxurious occasionally is no bad thing, if we can keep our self-control, and return constantly to simple habits. There is something very natural in the prayer which a little child was overheard to make—"God, make me a good little girl, but"—after a pause—"naughty sometimes." It is the habit of being naughty which is pernicious. Can anyone doubt that the man who, on the whole, leads a hardy and not over- indulgent life will be more capable of performing any duty which may devolve upon him than ...

— Interludes - being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses • Horace Smith

... that we're wise to their game," he said cheerfully. His ears were sticking out from his head and he had the naughty boy look that always presaged wisdom. "Why don't we play that card for all ...

— The Ivory Trail • Talbot Mundy

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