birthday suit

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From the lack of clothes worn when one is born (i.e., on the day of one’s birth).

[edit] Noun

Singular
birthday suit

Plural
birthday suits

birthday suit (plural birthday suits)

  1. (idiomatic) Nakedness; a lack of clothing.
    George embarrassed his aunt by answering the door in his birthday suit. (i.e., George embarrassed his aunt by answering the door naked)

[edit] Usage notes

  • Usually used in the phrase “in one’s birthday suit”, but sometimes seen alone; for example, as in “Guess what she was wearing? Her birthday suit!”

[edit] Translations

nakedness
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  • French: habit de naissance m. (suspected non-idiomatic translation); en tenue d'Adam/Ève; à poil
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