nudity
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Etymology
editFromnude +-ity. CompareLate Latinnūditās.
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editnudity (usuallyuncountable,pluralnudities)
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being withoutclothing on thebody; specifically, the quality of being without clothing on thegenitals.
- (countable,rare) Something or someone without clothes.
- Synonym:nude
- 1809, Wm. Weston, “Remarkable Instance of Propensity to the Savage State”, inThe Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1807[1], page906:
- […]he had divested himself of the incumbrance of dress[…] and although anudity, he appeared before numbers of people unabashed, and with an unblushing composure of countenance, which envinces that the sense of shame in him is entirely abolished.
- 1865 March 5, “The Prince Napoleon's Ball.”, inThe New York Times[2]:
- M. PILS' battle-piece, representing Prince NAPOLEON leading his division at Alma, and some of M. GEROME's startlingnudities.
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editthe state of being without clothing on the body
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