Naughtiness

Naugh′ti-ness

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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.

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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.

naughtiness ‎(countable and uncountable, plural naughtinesses)