Naughtier

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Naughty \Naugh"ty\, a. [Compar. {Naughtier}; superl.
     {Naughtiest}.]
     1. Having little or nothing. [Obs.]
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              [Men] that needy be and naughty, help them with thy


              goods.                                --Piers
                                                    Plowman.
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     2. Worthless; bad; good for nothing. [Obs.]
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              The other basket had very naughty figs. --Jer. xxiv.
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     3. hence, corrupt; wicked. [Archaic]
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              So shines a good deed in a naughty world. --Shak.
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     4. Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or
        improper conduct; as, a naughty child.
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     Note: This word is now seldom used except in the latter
           sense, as applied to children, or in sportive censure.
           [1913 Webster] Nauheim treatment

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  naughty
       adj 1: suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue
              jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy
              details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink";
              "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story";
              "spicy gossip" [syn: {blue}, {gamy}, {gamey}, {juicy},
               {racy}, {risque}, {spicy}]
       2: badly behaved; "he was saucy and mischievous in school"; "a
          naughty boy" [syn: {mischievous}]
       [also: {naughtiest}, {naughtier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  naughtier
       See {naughty}