aught

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: ôt, IPA(key): /ɔːt/ Rhymes: -ɔːt (US) enPR: ôt, IPA(key): /ɔt/ (cot–caught merger) enPR: ät, IPA(key): /ɑt/ Homophone: ought === Etymology 1 === From Middle English aught, ought, from Old English āht, āwiht, from ā (“always", "ever”) + wiht (“thing", "creature”). More at wight. ==== Alternative forms ==== owt ==== Pronoun ==== aught (archaic or dialectal) Anything whatsoever, any part. ==== Adverb ==== aught (not comparable) (archaic) At all, in any degree, in any respect. ==== Noun ==== aught (plural aughts) (archaic) Whit, the smallest part, iota. Synonyms: bit, jot; see also Thesaurus:modicum ==== References ==== “aught”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === Rebracketing of a naught. ==== Noun ==== aught (plural aughts) (sometimes proscribed) Zero. The digit zero. ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== naught owt === Etymology 3 === From Middle English aught (“estimation, regard, reputation”), from Old English æht (“estimation, consideration”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahtu. Cognate with Dutch acht (“attention, regard, heed”), German Acht (“attention, regard”). Also see ettle. ==== Noun ==== aught (uncountable) (regional) Estimation. (regional) Of importance or consequence (in the phrase "of aught"). (regional, rare, obsolete) Esteem, respect. a man of aught ― a man of high esteem, an important or well-respected man ===== Usage notes ===== In the first sense, generally found in the phrase "in one's aught" as inː "In my aught, this play ain't worth the candle". In the second sense, generally found in the phrase "of aught" as inː "nothing of aught has happened since you've been away, Sir". In the third sense, generally found in the phrase "a man of aught", or rarely in the more archaic phrase "to show somebody or something (some) aught" as inː "show your mother some aught, son". ==== References ==== www.duden.de - Acht The Middle English Dictionary The Dictionary of the Scots Language The Dictionary of the Scots Language === Etymology 4 === Originally the past tense of owe. ==== Verb ==== aught (third-person singular simple present aughts, present participle aughting, simple past and past participle aughted) Obsolete or dialectal form of ought === Etymology 5 === From Middle English ahte, from Old English eahta (“eight”). More at eight. ==== Numeral ==== aught Obsolete or dialectal form of eight. === Anagrams === ghaut == Yola == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English aught, from Old English āht, ōht, shortening of āwiht, ōwiht. ==== Alternative forms ==== aaght ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɑːxt/, /aːxt/ ==== Pronoun ==== aught any, anything ==== References ==== Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 23 === Etymology 2 === ==== Numeral ==== aught alternative form of ayght (“eight”)