[nood, nyood] 
adjective, nud⋅er, nud⋅est, noun | 1. | naked or unclothed, as a person or the body. |
| 2. | without the usual coverings, furnishings, etc.; bare: a nude stretch of land laid waste by brush fires. |
| 3. | (of a photograph, painting, statue, etc.) being or prominently displaying a representation of the nude human figure. |
| 4. | Law. made without a consideration or other legal essential: a nude contract. |
| 5. | having the color nude. |
| 6. | a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure. |
| 7. | an unclothed human figure. |
| 8. | the condition of being unclothed: to sleep in the nude. |
| 9. | a light grayish-yellow brown to brownish-pink color. |
| nude (nōōd, nyōōd) adj. nud·er, nud·est
[Latin nūdus; see nogw- in Indo-European roots.] nude'ly adv., nu'di·ty (nōō'dĭ-tē, nyōō'-), nude'ness n. |
"Made in Germany, imported to France, is the cult of Nudism, a mulligan stew of vegetarianism, physical culture and pagan worship." ["Time," July 1, 1929]Nudie "a nude show" is from 1935.
nude
Said of machines delivered without an operating system (compare bare metal). "We ordered 50 systems, but they all arrived nude, so we had to spend a an extra weekend with the installation tapes." This usage is a recent innovation reflecting the fact that most PC clones are now delivered with DOS or Microsoft Windows pre-installed at the factory. Other kinds of hardware are still normally delivered without OS, so this term is particular to PC support groups.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-12-13)
