naught

Etymology

From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht, equivalent to "no wight". Cognate with West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”). Doublet of nought.

pron

1. Nothing.
   Naught can come of this, you mark my words.
   My day starts where yesterday's had finished - at St Pancras, only this time on Thameslink and the subterranean station I first visited when it was naught but an empty box. Now it's a vital cross-London interchange. November 16 2022, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 56

noun

1. (archaic) Nothingness.
2. (chiefly US, old-fashioned) Alternative spelling of nought

num

1. (chiefly US, old-fashioned) Alternative spelling of nought