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nu⋅di⋅ty

  [noo-di-tee, nyoo-]
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–noun, plural -ties for 2.
1. the state or fact of being nude; nakedness.
2. something nude or naked.
Origin:
1605–15; < L nūditās. See nude, -ity
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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.
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Nudity

Nu"di*ty\, n.; pl. Nudities. [Cf. F. nudit['e] .]

1. The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.

2. That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed portion; esp. (Fine Arts), the human figure represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; -- chiefly used in the plural and in a bad sense.

There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any more than in painting, to design and color obscene nudities. --Dryden.
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Language Translation for : nudity
Spanish: desnudez,
German: die Nacktheit,
Japanese: 裸であること
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