English

A wooden shack in Upton, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, UK, for selling cider. At the time the photograph was taken, the shack was closed and had a sign stating "Nowt left in here", indicating to visitors that there was no more cider available.

Pronoun

nowt

1. (Northern England) Naught, nothing.

Synonyms

• noot (Geordie)

Noun

nowt ‎(uncountable)

1. (Northern England, Sussex) Naught, nothing.

Derived terms

• shy bairns get nowt

Adverb

nowt ‎(not comparable)

1. (Northern England) Naught, nothing.

Antonyms

• owt

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old Norse. Cognate with Old English nēat.

Noun

nowt ‎(plural nowts)

1. (Scotland and Northern England) An ox.
2. (Scotland and Northern England) A herd of cattle.
3. (figuratively, Scotland and Northern England) A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn.
   • 1929, James William Marriott, editor, The Best One-act Plays of 1931, G.G. Harrap, published 1932, page 162:

     A hunner guineas for the heid o' that nowt Renwick, and him no' sae very far awa' frae your very nose at this meenit.

References

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
• nowt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896,
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977

Anagrams

• town
• wont, won't, wo'n't

Scots

Etymology

From Old English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʌut/

Pronoun

nowt

1. (South Scots) naught, nothing

Synonyms

• nihin
• nithin
• nuhin
• noot
• nowts

Antonyms

• owt