nude
pronunciation
How to pronounce nude in British English:
UK [njuːd]
How to pronounce nude in American English:
US [nuːd]
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- Noun:
- a painting of a naked figure
- without clothing (especially in the phrase `in the nude')
- a naked person
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- Adjective:
- completely unclothed
Word Origin
- nude
- nude: see naked
- nude (adj.)
- 1530s, a legal term, "unsupported, not formally attested," from Latin nudus "naked, bare, unclothed, stripped" (see naked). General sense of "mere, plain, simple" attested from 1550s. In reference to the human body, meaning "unclothed," it is an artistic euphemism for naked, dating from 1610s (implied in nudity) but not in common use in this sense until mid-19c.
- nude (n.)
- "nude figure in visual art," 1708, from French nud, obsolete variant of nu "naked, nude, bare," from Latin nudus (see nude (adj.)).
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Example
- 1. Nude beaches are also legal in every state except queensland .
- 2. Zinaida liked painting nude women , self-portraits and those of her children .
- 3. In london and new york , mckellen appeared nude as the mad king wandering the moors .
- 4. Page never appeared in any pictures or movie scenes using explicit sexual content only nude photography .
- 5. Most discussion about full-body scanners has focused on privacy issues surrounding the nude images that would result .