nude
English
Etymology
Entered English 1531 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Latin nūdus (“naked, bare”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
nude (comparative nuder, superlative nudest)
- Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
- Why do you act so prudish whenever you see nude people?
- Characterized by the nudity of people concerned or to whom the described noun is attributed.
- 2019 December 19, Elaine McCahill, “I said no to 'Game of Thrones' nude scene, says 'Charlie' actress Sinead Watters”, Irish Independent: Charlie's breakout star Sinead Watters has revealed that she said no to a nude role in Game of Thrones.
- (of clothing, makeup, etc) Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh.
- 2007, Brenda Janowitz, Scot On The Rocks, →ISBN, page 113:
- Vanessa always wore the same color on both her hands and feet—Hitchcock Blonde—a barely-there nude color with a dash of pink that was only two shades away from clear topcoat. It was the sort of thing you would imagine Grace Kelly in […]
- 2010, Raquel Welch, Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage, →ISBN, page 143:
- It gave me a lovely, natural, but juicy color. To correct the shape of my mouth, I lined my lips with a nude color like MAC's Spice mixed with Mochaberry Automatic Lip Liner, blending the liner very carefully to make sure there was no hard edge.
- 2012, Dilvin Yasa, Things My Daughter Needs to Know, →ISBN:
- Do not, under any circumstances (even if grunge is back in), wear a white or black bra under light-coloured clothing – only a nude bra will do.
- 2016 June 2, "Company releases nude chest binder line for different skin tones", in the Washington Blade
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:nude.
- (law, obsolete) Not valid; void.
- 1825, Sir William Hay Macnaghten, Principles and Precedents of Moohummudan Law:
- A void sale is that which can never take effect; in which the articles opposed to each other, or one of them, not bearing any legal value the contract is nude.
Synonyms
- (naked): See Thesaurus:nude
- (skin-colored): flesh-colored, skin-colored, carnation
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
without clothing or other covering
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of color of bare skin
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Noun
nude (plural nudes)
- A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.
- Michelangelo's David is a well-known standing male nude; Michelangelo also created several other nudes.
- Lexa sent me a nude last week.
- (with article, "the nude") The state of total nudity.
- she caught him in the nude
- A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color.
- 2013, Debra, How to be a Man Magnet[1]:
- What eye shadow looks best on my eye color? Brown eyes – Off whites, nudes, peaches, and purples.
Translations
image depicting a human in a state of undress
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state of total nudity
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See also
References
- “nude”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
Interlingua
Etymology
Borrowed from English nude, Italian nudo, French nu and Spanish nudo/Portuguese nu (also desnudo and desnudo), all from Latin nūdus.
Adjective
nude (comparative plus nude, superlative le plus nude)
Derived terms
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
nude
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) nūde
References
- “nude”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Portuguese
Noun
nude m or f by sense (plural nudes)
- (Internet slang) nude (photograph of a naked person)
Usage notes
The word is masculine in Brazil and feminine in Portugal.
Romanian
Pronunciation
Adjective
nude
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