Aught, not to be confused with the helping verb "ought," is a word you'll hear most often in the U.K., where, in a very confusing manner, it can mean either everything or wait for it nothing at all.
Anything; any part.
Noun
a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn''t hear zilch about it"
n.
Alt. of Aucht
n.
Anything; any part.
adv.
At all; in any degree.
Aught
There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken.
But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting.
Aught
Anything; any part.
At all; in any degree.
Usage Examples
Old age is always wakeful as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
Misspelled Formaught, qaught, waught, saught, zaught, qught, wught, sught, zught, aqught, awught, asught, azught, ayught, a7ught, a8ught, aiught, ajught, ayght, a7ght, a8ght, aight, ajght, auyght, au7ght, au8ght, auight, aujght, aufght, autght, auyght, auhght, aubght, auvght, aufht, autht, auyht, auhht, aubht, auvht, augfht, augtht, augyht, aughht, augbht, augvht, augght, augyht, auguht, augjht, augnht, auggt, augyt, augut, augjt, augnt, aughgt, aughyt, aughut, aughjt, aughnt, aughrt, augh5t, augh6t, aughyt, aughgt, aughr, augh5, augh6, aughy, aughg, aughtr, aught5, aught6, aughty, aughtg.
Other Usage ExamplesBy mere burial man arrives not at bliss and in the future life, throughout its whole infinite range, they will seek for happiness as vainly as they sought it here, who seek it in aught else than that which so closely surrounds them here - the Infinite.
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