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nude

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

Related forms:
nudely, adverb
nudeness, noun

Synonyms:
1. uncovered, undressed, undraped, exposed.

Antonyms:
1. covered.

Pronunciation note:
See new.
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

nude 
1531, a legal term, "unsupported, not formally attested," from L. nudus "naked, bare" (see naked). General sense of "mere, plain, simple" attested from 1551. In ref. to the human body, meaning "unclothed" is an artistic euphemism for naked, dating from 1611 (implied in nudity). Nudism is a 1929 borrowing from Fr. nudisme; nudist "one who practices nudism" appeared at the same time.
"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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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