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Webster 1913 Edition


Naughtiness

Naugh′ti-ness

,
Noun.
The quality or state of being naughty; perverseness; badness; wickedness.
I know thy pride, and the
naughtiness
of thine heart.
1 Sam. xvii. 28.

Webster 1828 Edition


Naughtiness

NAUGHTINESS

,
Noun.
Nautiness.
1.
Badness; wickedness; evil principle or purpose.
I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thy heart. 1 Samuel 17.
2.
Slight wickedness of children; perverseness; mischievousness.
, a. Nauty.
1.
Wicked; corrupt.
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. Proverbs 6.
2.
Bad; worthless.
The other basket had very naughty figs. Jeremiah 24.
3.
Mischievous; perverse; froward; as a naughty child. It is now seldom used except in the latter sense, as applied to children.

Definition 2024


naughtiness

naughtiness

English

Noun

naughtiness (countable and uncountable, plural naughtinesses)

  1. (uncountable) the state of being naughty
  2. (countable) a naughty act