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nude

UK/n(j)uːd/ US/ˈnud/ fairly common
noun (3) adjective (1)

noun

1.
2.

without clothing (especially in the phrase `in the nude'')

  • “they swam in the nude”
3.

adjective

1.

completely unclothed

  • “bare bodies”
  • “naked from the waist up”
  • “a nude model”
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Origin

Entered English 1493 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Middle English nud, from Latin nūdus (“naked, bare”).

Phrases

  • birthday suit
  • fig leaf
  • nude beach
  • nude number
  • nude pact
  • nude run
  • Rowett nude rat
  • skinny dipping

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