aught¹ also ought (ôt)
pron.
Anything whatever: "Neither of his parents had aught but praise for him" (Louis Auchincloss).

adv.
Archaic. In any respect; at all.

[Middle English, from Old English āuht.]

aught² also ought (ôt)
n.

1. A cipher; zero.
2. Archaic. Nothing.

[From an aught, alteration of a naught. See naught.]

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