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Aught
Definitions
- 1 At all, in any degree, in any respect. archaic, not-comparable
"[…] and if your love Can labour aught in sad invention, Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb, And sing it to her bones [...]"
- 1 Whit, the smallest part, iota. archaic
- 2 Zero. proscribed, sometimes
- 3 Estimation. regional, uncountable
"in my aught"
- 4 a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential wordnet
- 5 The digit zero.
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- 6 Of importance or consequence (in the phrase "of aught"). regional, uncountable
"an event of aught"
- 7 Esteem, respect. obsolete, rare, regional, uncountable
"a man of aught"
- 1 Obsolete or dialectal form of eight. alt-of, dialectal, obsolete
"Seven — aught — aught tines on the antlers. By G—d, a hart of aught tines, and the first of the season!"
- 1 Anything whatsoever, any part. archaic, dialectal
"for aught I know/care"
- 1 Obsolete or dialectal form of ought alt-of, dialectal, obsolete
Etymology
From Middle English aught, ought, from Old English āht, āwiht, from ā (“always", "ever”) + wiht (“thing", "creature”). More at wight.
From Middle English aught, ought, from Old English āht, āwiht, from ā (“always", "ever”) + wiht (“thing", "creature”). More at wight.
From Middle English aught, ought, from Old English āht, āwiht, from ā (“always", "ever”) + wiht (“thing", "creature”). More at wight.
Rebracketing of a naught.
From Middle English aught (“estimation, regard, reputation”), from Old English æht (“estimation, consideration”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahtu. Cognate with Dutch acht (“attention, regard, heed”), German Acht (“attention, regard”). Also see ettle.
Originally the past tense of owe.
From Middle English ahte, from Old English eahta (“eight”). More at eight.
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