nowt

Meanings

Pronoun

• Naught, nothing.

Noun

• Naught, nothing.
• An ox.
• A herd of cattle.
• A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn.

Adverb

• Naught, nothing.

Related

Similar words

• noot

Opposite words

• owt

Origin

• Dialectal pronunciation of naught. Akin to German nichts.
• From Middle English nowte, noute, nawte, naute, borrowed from Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą. Cognate with Old English nēat, English neat.