naughty
/ˈnoːti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
Example Sentences
- "Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes."
- "Ding dong bell, The Cat is in the well. Who put her in, Little Johnny Green. What a naughty boy was that, To drown poor Puſſy Cat, Who never did him any harm, And kill'd the mice in his father's barn."
- "I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon."
- "If I see you send another naughty email to your friends, you will be forbidden from using the computer!"
- "You knew I had to include at least one naughty chocolate smoothie, didn't you?!"
- "my proneſſe to ſinne, and naughty appetites and desires, woulde drawe me headlong to the pitte of hell"
Etymology
From late Middle English noughti, naughty (“evil, immoral, wicked”), from nought (“evil, immoral”) + -ī̆ (suffix forming adjectives). Analysable as naught + -y.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnoːti/
- British English: /ˈnɔːti/