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# naughty

«naughty» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **worthless, wicked** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic sense

### modern equivalent

worthless, wicked

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Bad, worthless or wicked; of no value. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/naughty/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today it means a child who behaves badly; the old sense of worthless or wicked is no longer used, and the sentences use today's sense.

### examples

- I never knew her so naughty before.” (Peter Pan) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/naughty/#x1)
- You naughty children--how could you be so disobedient? (The Book of Dragons) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/naughty/#x2)
- “Fie!” said he. “How naughty a boy Cupid is! (Andersen's Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/naughty/#x3)

### primary record

naughty

### tests

manual 10.3; corpora 71 (Torah 0, tales 71, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 8.0 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

### In the corpora

- ["xiǎo pìhái" means brat or little pest; adults say it about naughty children and it is a bit rude.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/23-friendly-teasing/15/)
- ["Cheeky monkey" means a naughty or rude child, said fondly (UK).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/14/)
- ["Little terror" means a very naughty child (jokey).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/15/)
- ["The naughty step" means a place where a child must sit as a punishment (UK).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/21/)
- ["Rascal" means a mischievous, naughty child, said fondly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «naughty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/naughty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.