Archaic or literary use meaning ‘nothing’.
Definitionen
They knew nought of the plan.
Archaic or literary use meaning ‘not at all’.
Definitionen
All his pleading availed him nought.
Synonyme
by no means
in no way
to no avail
Used chiefly in British English as the cardinal number 0.
Definitionen
Zero; the cardinal number 0. The temperature dropped to nought last night.