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mother-naked

[ muhth-er-ney-kid ]

adjective

  1. stark naked; as naked as when born.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mother-naked1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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Example Sentences

Along the beach men were either bathing or basking mother-naked on the hot sand—enjoying themselves thoroughly.

Mac swung himself up to a sitting position and realized dizzily that he was mother-naked.

Every one was mother-naked, and their ebony skins shone like those of a school of gambolling porpoises.

See, I bid him disarm, he disarms; mother-naked I bid him to go, And he goes mother-naked.

He was mother-naked and the howling wind and rain buffeted his body and the stones cut his feet.

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