Definition of "nought" []

• Variant of naught. (noun)

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• "I'm despert -- I'm despert, as far as I think of myself, but there's nought -- _nought_ -- as I wouldn't do to serve"
• "Our electronic search ended in nought but disappointment."
• "(That so many promised family reunions have come to nought is indicative of how poorly, on the whole, both sets of leaders — not just the tyrants in the North — have served the Korean people.)"