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nudeness - 2 dictionary results

nude

[nood, nyood] adjective, nud⋅er, nud⋅est, noun
–adjective
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.
–noun
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.

Origin:
1525–35; < L nūdus; see naked


nudely, adverb
nudeness, noun


1. uncovered, undressed, undraped, exposed.


1. covered.


See new.
nude   (nōōd, nyōōd)   
adj.   nud·er, nud·est
  1. Having no clothing; naked.
  2. Permitting or featuring full exposure of the body: a nude beach.
  3. Law Lacking any of various legal requisites, such as evidence.
n.  
  1. An unclothed human figure, especially an artistic representation.
  2. The condition of being unclothed.

[Latin nūdus; see nogw- in Indo-European roots.]
nude'ly adv., nu'di·ty (nōō'dĭ-tē, nyōō'-), nude'ness n.
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