stark naughtadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌstɑːk ˈnɔːt/, U.S.

/ˌstɑrk ˈnɔt/,

/ˌstɑrk ˈnɑt/

Forms:

α. 1500s starke nought, 1500s starke noughte, 1500s sterk nought, 1500s–1600s stark nought.

β. 1500s–1600s starke naught, 1500s– stark naught.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: stark adv., nought adj., naught adj.

Etymology: In α. forms < stark adv. + nought adj. In β. forms < stark adv. + naught adj.

Now archaic and rare.

A. adj.

Completely worthless or valueless; of no use whatsoever. Formerly also: †utterly bad, pernicious, or rotten (obsolete). Cf. naught pron.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [adjective]

forcouthc888

goodlesseOE

undoughtya1225

voidc1380

bare1399

stark naught1528

worthilessa1542

queer1567

worthless1573

hilding1577

baggage1580

arrant1581

offal1588

lorel1590

losel1601

ragamuffin1602

loselled1606

loselly1611

valuelessa1616

ragamuffa1626

good-for-nothing1706

ne'er-do-well1773

rotten1813

neat1824

scamping1832

good-for-naught1835

no good1838

scampish1847

ne'er-do-wellish1890

no good1904

upter1919

never-do-well1933

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless

naughteOE

unworthc960

nought worthOE

unworthya1240

vaina1300

lewd1362

base?1510

to be nothing toc1520

stark naught1528

nothing worth1535

worthilessa1542

draffish1543

baggage1548

dunghill?1555

valureless1563

toyish1572

worthless1573

out (forth) of door (also doors)1574

leaden1577

riff-raff1577

drafty1582

fecklessc1586

dudgeon?1589

nought-worth1589

tenpenny1592

wanwordy?a1595

shotten herring1598

nugatory1603

unvalued1604

priceless1614

unvaluable1615

valuelessa1616

waste1616

trashya1620

draffy1624

stramineous1624

invaluable1640

roly-poly?1645

nugatorious1646

perquisquilian1647

niffling1649

lazy1671

wanworth1724

little wortha1754

flimsy1756

waff1788

null1790

nothingy1801

nothingly1802

twopenny-halfpenny1809

not worth a flaw1810

garbage1817

peanut1836

duffing1839

trash1843

no-account1845

no-count1851

punky1859

rummagy1872

junky1880

skilligalee1883

footle1894

punk1896

wherry-go-nimble1901

junk1908

rinky-dink1913

schlock1916

tripe1927

duff1938

chickenshit1940

sheg-up1941

expendable1942

(strictly) for the birds1943

tripey1955

schlocky1960

naff1964

dipshit1968

cack1978

1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. A.iii^v Ye count your selfe wele lettred your lernyng is starke nought.

a1543 T. Becon David's Harpe in Wks. (1564) I. 150 b He is none of those, that say all is well, when altogyther is starke nought.

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) i. 123 There ale is starke nought, lokinge whyte & thycke,..smoky and ropye.

1554 J. Standish Disc. Script. in Eng. sig. A.iiij^v The feruent readers of scripture in English, be not onely not good, but the moste parte of them be starke noughte, so frowarde, so peruerse, so leude, and so wicked.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 20^v But long vse of it, in the ende bringes the grounde to be starke nought.

1607 T. Tomkis Lingua ii. i Ah heres a youth starke naught at a trench, but old dog at a trencher.

1647 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Worse Times ii. xi. 78 No man can be starke naught at once. Let us stop the progresse of sin in our Soule at the first Stage.

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. xiii. 258 This abuse is partly committed, by stitching, which is stark nought to be used here.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 163 I have heard 'em say, that too good is stark naught.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 213 But both [Letters] are stark naught, abominably bad.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 76 No, said he, I have been stark naught, and it is she, I hope, will be very forgiving.

1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 48 The self-same mode or procedure or..the self-same courts, are stark naught for a debt of 5l. 1s.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 88 All the good its students have done, as students, it is stark naught.

1904 Longman's Mag. Nov. 92 For the rest, his romance is stark naught.

1913 Jrnl. Soc. Architects 70 379 Charming essays..have procured him a popularity that invests his indictment with much more than its intrinsic value: which, from our point of view, is stark naught.

B. n.

An utterly worthless or contemptible thing. rare (now archaic).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless

hawc1000

turdc1275

fille1297

dusta1300

lead1303

skitc1330

naught1340

vanityc1340

wrakea1350

rushc1350

dirt1357

fly's wing1377

goose-wing1377

fartc1390

chaff?a1400

nutshella1400

shalec1400

yardc1400

wrack1472

pelfrya1529

trasha1529

dreg1531

trish-trash1542

alchemy1547

beggary?1548

rubbish1548

pelfa1555

chip1556

stark naught1562

paltry?1566

rubbish1566

riff-raff1570

bran1574

baggage1579

nihil1579

trush-trash1582

stubblea1591

tartar1590

garbage1592

bag of winda1599

a cracked or slit groat1600

kitchen stuff1600

tilta1603

nothing?1608

bauble1609

countera1616

a pair of Yorkshire sleeves in a goldsmith's shop1620

buttermilk1630

dross1632

paltrement1641

cattle1643

bagatelle1647

nothingness1652

brimborion1653

stuff1670

flap-dragon1700

mud1706

caput mortuuma1711

snuff1778

twaddle1786

powder-post1790

traffic1828

junk1836

duffer1852

shice1859

punk1869

hogwash1870

cagmag1875

shit1890

tosh1892

tripe1895

dreck1905

schlock1906

cannon fodder1917

shite1928

skunk1929

crut1937

chickenshit1938

crud1943

Mickey Mouse1958

gick1959

garbo1978

turd1978

pants1994

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 105 But they [sc. plums] that ar litle ones and harde and harrish tarte ar sterk noughts.

2010 K. Kennedy Irish Warrior i. 9 The Englishry were a plague, an infestation of stark naughts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stark naught
释义	stark naughtadj.n. Brit. /ˌstɑːk ˈnɔːt/, U.S. /ˌstɑrk ˈnɔt/, /ˌstɑrk ˈnɑt/ Forms: α. 1500s starke nought, 1500s starke noughte, 1500s sterk nought, 1500s–1600s stark nought. β. 1500s–1600s starke naught, 1500s– stark naught. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: stark adv., nought adj., naught adj. Etymology: In α. forms < stark adv. + nought adj. In β. forms < stark adv. + naught adj. Now archaic and rare. A. adj. Completely worthless or valueless; of no use whatsoever. Formerly also: †utterly bad, pernicious, or rotten (obsolete). Cf. naught pron. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [adjective] forcouthc888 goodlesseOE undoughtya1225 voidc1380 bare1399 stark naught1528 worthilessa1542 queer1567 worthless1573 hilding1577 baggage1580 arrant1581 offal1588 lorel1590 losel1601 ragamuffin1602 loselled1606 loselly1611 valuelessa1616 ragamuffa1626 good-for-nothing1706 ne'er-do-well1773 rotten1813 neat1824 scamping1832 good-for-naught1835 no good1838 scampish1847 ne'er-do-wellish1890 no good1904 upter1919 never-do-well1933 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless naughteOE unworthc960 nought worthOE unworthya1240 vaina1300 lewd1362 base?1510 to be nothing toc1520 stark naught1528 nothing worth1535 worthilessa1542 draffish1543 baggage1548 dunghill?1555 valureless1563 toyish1572 worthless1573 out (forth) of door (also doors)1574 leaden1577 riff-raff1577 drafty1582 fecklessc1586 dudgeon?1589 nought-worth1589 tenpenny1592 wanwordy?a1595 shotten herring1598 nugatory1603 unvalued1604 priceless1614 unvaluable1615 valuelessa1616 waste1616 trashya1620 draffy1624 stramineous1624 invaluable1640 roly-poly?1645 nugatorious1646 perquisquilian1647 niffling1649 lazy1671 wanworth1724 little wortha1754 flimsy1756 waff1788 null1790 nothingy1801 nothingly1802 twopenny-halfpenny1809 not worth a flaw1810 garbage1817 peanut1836 duffing1839 trash1843 no-account1845 no-count1851 punky1859 rummagy1872 junky1880 skilligalee1883 footle1894 punk1896 wherry-go-nimble1901 junk1908 rinky-dink1913 schlock1916 tripe1927 duff1938 chickenshit1940 sheg-up1941 expendable1942 (strictly) for the birds1943 tripey1955 schlocky1960 naff1964 dipshit1968 cack1978 1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. A.iii^v Ye count your selfe wele lettred your lernyng is starke nought. a1543 T. Becon David's Harpe in Wks. (1564) I. 150 b He is none of those, that say all is well, when altogyther is starke nought. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) i. 123 There ale is starke nought, lokinge whyte & thycke,..smoky and ropye. 1554 J. Standish Disc. Script. in Eng. sig. A.iiij^v The feruent readers of scripture in English, be not onely not good, but the moste parte of them be starke noughte, so frowarde, so peruerse, so leude, and so wicked. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 20^v But long vse of it, in the ende bringes the grounde to be starke nought. 1607 T. Tomkis Lingua ii. i Ah heres a youth starke naught at a trench, but old dog at a trencher. 1647 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Worse Times ii. xi. 78 No man can be starke naught at once. Let us stop the progresse of sin in our Soule at the first Stage. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. xiii. 258 This abuse is partly committed, by stitching, which is stark nought to be used here. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 163 I have heard 'em say, that too good is stark naught. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 213 But both [Letters] are stark naught, abominably bad. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 76 No, said he, I have been stark naught, and it is she, I hope, will be very forgiving. 1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 48 The self-same mode or procedure or..the self-same courts, are stark naught for a debt of 5l. 1s. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 88 All the good its students have done, as students, it is stark naught. 1904 Longman's Mag. Nov. 92 For the rest, his romance is stark naught. 1913 Jrnl. Soc. Architects 70 379 Charming essays..have procured him a popularity that invests his indictment with much more than its intrinsic value: which, from our point of view, is stark naught. B. n. An utterly worthless or contemptible thing. rare (now archaic). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless hawc1000 turdc1275 fille1297 dusta1300 lead1303 skitc1330 naught1340 vanityc1340 wrakea1350 rushc1350 dirt1357 fly's wing1377 goose-wing1377 fartc1390 chaff?a1400 nutshella1400 shalec1400 yardc1400 wrack1472 pelfrya1529 trasha1529 dreg1531 trish-trash1542 alchemy1547 beggary?1548 rubbish1548 pelfa1555 chip1556 stark naught1562 paltry?1566 rubbish1566 riff-raff1570 bran1574 baggage1579 nihil1579 trush-trash1582 stubblea1591 tartar1590 garbage1592 bag of winda1599 a cracked or slit groat1600 kitchen stuff1600 tilta1603 nothing?1608 bauble1609 countera1616 a pair of Yorkshire sleeves in a goldsmith's shop1620 buttermilk1630 dross1632 paltrement1641 cattle1643 bagatelle1647 nothingness1652 brimborion1653 stuff1670 flap-dragon1700 mud1706 caput mortuuma1711 snuff1778 twaddle1786 powder-post1790 traffic1828 junk1836 duffer1852 shice1859 punk1869 hogwash1870 cagmag1875 shit1890 tosh1892 tripe1895 dreck1905 schlock1906 cannon fodder1917 shite1928 skunk1929 crut1937 chickenshit1938 crud1943 Mickey Mouse1958 gick1959 garbo1978 turd1978 pants1994 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 105 But they [sc. plums] that ar litle ones and harde and harrish tarte ar sterk noughts. 2010 K. Kennedy Irish Warrior i. 9 The Englishry were a plague, an infestation of stark naughts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1528
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