naughtier

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naughtier - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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