Synonyms for nudeness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : nood, nyood
Phonetic Transcription : nud, nyud


Définition of nudeness

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun nudity
Example sentences :
  • To him there was a divinity now about their nudeness which nudity never before had suggested to him.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various

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