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▪ I. † ˈnoughting, n. Obs. rare—1.
[f. nought n. + -ing3.]
A worthless or insignificant person.
c1440Myrc Festial (E.E.T.S.) 201 Mony a byge and a strong I haue ouercom, and now suche a noȝtyng haþe getyn þe maystry, and putte me vndyr her fote.
▪ II. † ˈnoughting, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. nought v. + -ing1.]
Depreciation, scorn; effacement.
a1225Ancr. R. 426 Hwon his blowinge ne geineð nout, þeonne bringeð he up sum luðer word, oðer sum nouhtunge hwar þuruh heo to-hurteð eiðer urommard oðer. c1230Hali Meid. 9 [Thou shalt] se ofte beon imaket arm of an eðeliche mon..for noht oðer nohtunge. a1400Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. xxvi, And casten hemself downe vnder god by noughtynge of hemself. 1926A. E. Taylor Plato ix. 225 The ‘noughting’ and remaking of the soul is the greatest business of life. |