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  • 121naughtiness — naughty ► ADJECTIVE (naughtier, naughtiest) 1) (especially of a child) disobedient; badly behaved. 2) informal mildly rude or indecent. DERIVATIVES naughtily adverb naughtiness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «possessing nothin …

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  • 122naughty — ► ADJECTIVE (naughtier, naughtiest) 1) (especially of a child) disobedient; badly behaved. 2) informal mildly rude or indecent. DERIVATIVES naughtily adverb naughtiness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «possessing nothin …

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  • 123Benjamin Spock — noun United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903 1998) • Syn: ↑Spock • Instance Hypernyms: ↑baby doctor, ↑pediatrician, ↑pediatrist, ↑paediatrician * * * …

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  • 124naughty — adj. (naughtier, naughtiest) 1 (esp. of children) disobedient; badly behaved. 2 colloq. joc. indecent. 3 archaic wicked. Derivatives: naughtily adv. naughtiness n. Etymology: ME f. NAUGHT + Y(1) …

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  • 125misbehaved — misbehavedˈ adjective (Shakespeare) 1. Badly behaved 2. Ill bred • • • Main Entry: ↑misbehave …

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  • 126Dr Spock — Benjamin Spock [Benjamin Spock] (also Dr Spock) (1903–98) a US doctor whose book The Common Sense Book …

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  • 128behave — verb ADVERB ▪ impeccably (esp. BrE), perfectly, well ▪ honourably/honorably ▪ aggressively, badly, disgracefully (esp. BrE), outrageously …

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