nowt

== English == === Pronunciation === (Northern England) IPA(key): /naʊt/, [naʊʔ] (West Riding of Yorkshire) IPA(key): [nɔʊʔ], [nɒʊʔ] Rhymes: -aʊt (Midlands) IPA(key): /nəʊt/, [nəʊʔ] Rhymes: -əʊt Homophone: note === Etymology 1 === Dialectal pronunciation of naught. Akin to West Frisian neat (“nothing”), German nichts (“nothing”). ==== Pronoun ==== nowt (Northern England) Naught, nothing. ===== Synonyms ===== noot (Geordie) ==== Noun ==== nowt (uncountable) (Northern England, Sussex, Berkshire) Naught, nothing. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Adverb ==== nowt (not comparable) (Northern England) Naught, nothing. ===== Antonyms ===== owt === Etymology 2 === From Middle English nowte, noute, nawte, naute, borrowed from Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą. Cognate with Old English nēat, English neat. ==== Alternative forms ==== nolt (dialectal or obsolete) ==== Noun ==== nowt (plural nowts) (Scotland and Northern England) An ox. (Scotland and Northern England) A herd of cattle. (figurative, Scotland and Northern England) A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn. === References === Frank Graham, editor (1987), “NOWT”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN. “nowt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “nowt”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN. Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin, “nowt”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎[2], archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4 “Nowt”, in Palgrave’s Word List: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎[3], archived from the original on 5 September 2024, from F[rancis] M[ilnes] T[emple] Palgrave, A List of Words and Phrases in Everyday Use by the Natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham […] (Publications of the English Dialect Society; 74), London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1896, →OCLC. Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[4] === Anagrams === Town, town, wo'n't, won't, wont == Middle English == === Pronoun === nowt alternative form of nought === Adverb === nowt alternative form of nought === Adjective === nowt alternative form of nought === Noun === nowt alternative form of nought == Scots == === Etymology === From Old English nāwiht. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nʌut/ === Pronoun === nowt (Southern Scots) naught, nothing Synonyms: nihin, nithin, nuhin, noot, nowts Antonym: owt