Naughtily


[naw-tee] /ˈnɔ ti/

adjective, naughtier, naughtiest.
1.
disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children):
Weren’t we naughty not to eat our spinach?
2.
improper, tasteless, indecorous, or indecent:
a naughty word.
3.
Obsolete. wicked; evil.
/ˈnɔːtɪ/
adjective -tier, -tiest
1.
(esp of children or their behaviour) mischievous or disobedient; bad
2.
mildly indecent; titillating
noun (pl) -ties
3.
(Austral & NZ, slang) an act of sexual intercourse
adj.

late 14c., naugti “needy, having nothing,” from Old English nawiht (see naught) + -y (2). Sense of “wicked, evil, morally wrong” is attested from 1520s; specific meaning “sexually promiscuous” is from 1869. The more tame main modern sense of “disobedient” (especially of children) is attested from 1630s. Related: Naughtily; naughtiness. A woman of bad character c.1530-1750 might be called a naughty pack (also sometimes of men and later of children).

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