Dictionary

naughtiness

Webster 1828

NAUGHTINESS, noun Nautiness.1. Badness; wickedness; evil principle or purpose.I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thy heart. 1 Samuel 17:28.2. Slight wickedness of children; perverseness; mischievousness., adjective Nauty.1. Wicked; corrupt.A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. Proverbs 6:1.2. Bad; worthless.The other basket had very naughty figs. Jeremiah 24:1.3. Mischievous; perverse; froward; as a naughty child. It is now seldom used except in the latter sense, as applied to children