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DO-NAUGHT

Definition: DO-NAUGHT

DO-NAUGHT

Noun

1. A lazy, good-for-nothing fellow.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Do-naught \Do"-naught`\, noun. [Do naught.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: DO-NAUGHT

English words defined with "DO-NAUGHT": Donnat. (references)
Etymologies containing "DO-NAUGHT": Donnat. (references)

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Modern Translation: DO-NAUGHT

Language Translations for "DO-NAUGHT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

dembel (dangler, dawdler, do nothing, drone, faineant, floppy, idle, Idler, lazy, lazybones, lazy-boots, lotus eater, slacker, sluggard, work-shy), përtac (dangler, dawdler, do nothing, faineant, good for nothing, idle, Idler, indolent, lazy, moocher, ne'er do well, otiose, poke, slacker, slothful, sluggard, snail, sundowner, swabber, truant, twiddler), njeri që sorollatet (do nothing), njeri që s'do të luajë nga e vjetra (do nothing). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

o-naughtday

   

Portuguese

  

mulherengo (cad, dangler, good-for-nothing, laggard, womanizer), galanteador (coquet, dangler, good-for-nothing, kittenish, lady-killer, laggard, masher, philanderer, wooer). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

бездельник (bum, chair warmer, dangler, do nothing, do-nothing, doodle, footer, fribble, good for nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, loon, lounger, ne'er do well, ne'erdoweel, rapscallion, scalawag, scallawag, scallywag, scapegrace, skulker, sluggard, trifler, twiddler, vagabond). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ništarija (rotter, worthless person). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hecho de nada. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

нероба (bauchle, dangler, dawdler, dead beat, do nothing, fribble, good for nothing, layabout, loafer, loiterer, loon, ne'er do well, rambler, scamp, shack, skulk, spalpeen, waster). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người vô công rỗi nghề (do-nothing, gaper), người lười biếng (do-nothing, slacker, slug-abed), người không l m ăn gì cả (do-nothing). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: DO-NAUGHT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-g-h-n-o-t-u"

-1 letter: handout, hangout.

-2 letters: dought, hagdon, hognut, naught, nougat, nought.

-3 letters: aught, daunt, donga, donut, dough, gaunt, ghaut, gonad, guano, haunt, hogan, honda, hound, ought, tango, thong, tonga, tough, ungot, unhat.

-4 letters: agon, aunt, auto, dago, dang, dato, daut, doat, dona, dong, doth, dung, dunt, gaud, gaun, ghat, gnat, goad, goat, gout, guan, hand, hang.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-g-h-n-o-t-u"
 

+1 letter: staghound.

 

+2 letters: staghounds.

 

+3 letters: badmouthing, dreadnought, handwrought.

 

+4 letters: dreadnoughts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DO-NAUGHT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 4F 2D 4E 41 55 47 48 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01001111 00101101 01001110 01000001 01010101 01000111 01001000 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#79 &#45 &#78 &#65 &#85 &#71 &#72 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 004F 002D 004E 0041 0055 0047 0048 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

384915483555414254

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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