noughties
/ˈnɔːtiz/
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British/ˈnoːtɪjz/
noughties noun: the decade consisting of the last year of the previous century and the first nine years of the next: from 1900 to 1909, 2000 to 2009, etc.
Noun (1)
noughties pl (plural only)
- The decade consisting of the last year of the previous century and the first nine years of the next: from 1900 to 1909, 2000 to 2009, etc.
- Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not...1914, Amherst College, “Amherst graduates' quarterly”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 4, page 6
- I doubt if any modern poet can boast of as loud acclaim or as liberal reward as Longfellow received for Evangeline or Tennyson for the Idylls, but his fate today is somewhat kinder than that of Poe or Whitman, and much gentler than the stony dole dealt out to poets in the nineties and noughties.1933, Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, volume 43, Chicago, page 36
Noun (2) capitalized: Noughties
Noughties pl (plural only)
- Alternative letter-case form of noughties.
Examples of noughties in a sentence
- During the Naughty Noughties, Jim was worth between ten and twelve million dollars and his income was more than even he could reasonably spend.1934, Parker Morell, Diamond Jim: The Life and Times of James Buchanan Brady, page 219:
- Every young woman with "advanced" ideas must live in Paris during the decade of the "noughties," as they were dubbed by some wit.1966, Jean Gould, Modern American playwrights, page 30:
- An obsession with designer handbags, at ever-spiralling prices, became a phenomenon of the mid-noughties, driven principally by Louis Vuitton.2009, Brenda Polan, Roger Tredre, The Great Fashion Designers, page 237:
- The noughties are the bridge between the pre-internet era, and the life we live now.2021 November 5, Jess Cartner-Morley, “The noughties are back – but do they warrant a revival?”, in The Guardian:
Synonyms of noughties
Forms of noughties
| alternative form | Noughties |
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| alternative form | Naughties |
| alternative form | naughties |
Origin of noughties
From nought (“zero”) + -ies (“plural of -y”), in imitation of the names of other decades (twenties, thirties, etc).
Words formed from noughties
- mid-noughties
Questions about noughties
- What does noughties mean?
- Noughties means the decade consisting of the last year of the previous century and the first nine years of the next: from 1900 to 1909, 2000 to 2009, etc.
- How do you use noughties in a sentence?
- During the Naughty Noughties, Jim was worth between ten and twelve million dollars and his income was more than even he could reasonably spend.
- What part of speech is noughties?
- Noughties is a noun.
- How do you pronounce noughties?
- Noughties is pronounced /ˈnɔːtiz/ (UK).
Words near noughties in the dictionary
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