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Naughty

//ˈnɔːti// adj, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).

    "Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes."

  2. 2
    Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.

    "I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon."

  3. 3
    Decadent, had as indulgence, especially an unhealthy one. informal

    "You knew I had to include at least one naughty chocolate smoothie, didn't you?!"

  4. 4
    Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible. archaic

    "my proneſſe to ſinne, and naughty appetites and desires, woulde drawe me headlong to the pitte of hell"

  5. 5
    Bad, worthless, substandard. obsolete

    "In Cornwall is two speches, the one is naughty Englysshe, and the other is Cornysshe speche."

Adjective
  1. 1
    badly behaved wordnet
  2. 2
    suggestive of sexual impropriety wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To perform sexual acts.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From late Middle English noughti, naughty (“evil, immoral, wicked”), from nought (“evil, immoral”) + -ī̆ (suffix forming adjectives). Analysable as naught + -y.

Etymology 2

From late Middle English noughti, naughty (“evil, immoral, wicked”), from nought (“evil, immoral”) + -ī̆ (suffix forming adjectives). Analysable as naught + -y.

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