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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.
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Nudes
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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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).
EXPANDNudism is a 1929 borrowing from Fr. nudisme; nudist "one who practices nudism" appeared at the same time.
COLLAPSE
"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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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