Naugh″ty (?), a. [Compar.Naughtier (?); superl.Naughtiest.] 1. Having little or nothing.
that needy be and naughty, help them with thy goods. Piers Plowman.
2. Worthless; bad; good for nothing.
The other basket had very naughty figs. Jer. xxiv. 2.
3. hence, corrupt; wicked.
So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Shak.
4. Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; as, a naughty child.
☞ This word is now seldom used except in the latter sense, as applied to children, or in sportive censure.