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nought
nought:
see
not
nought (n.)
Old English
nowiht
"nothing," variant of
nawiht
(see
naught
). Meaning "zero, cipher" is from early 15c. Expression
for nought
"in vain" is late 13c. To
come to nought
is from 1590s.