naked
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English naked, from Old English nacod, from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“naked”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneɪkɪd/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Southern US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈnɛkɪd/
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
naked (comparative more naked, superlative most naked)
- Bare, not covered by clothing.
- She was as naked as the day she was born.
- (obsolete) Lacking some clothing; clothed only in underwear.
- 1680, James Gordon, History of Scots Affairs:
- For no body would staye to give them intelligence, the countrey people running evry wher out of ther waye, and some of them flying out of ther bedds nacked in their shirts, who runne to the neerest rockes on the sea syde; so formidable was ther very name.
- 1680, James Gordon, History of Scots Affairs:
- Glib, without decoration, put bluntly.
- This is the naked truth.
- The naked facts lay there on the table, enclosed within the files.
- 2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ[1]:
- And after the past few days, in which a fleet of Republicans and the president himself have utilized Jews as human shields for racist rhetoric, the Jews are tired, tired, tired of being used as defenses against naked racism, tired of being used to justify conditions at detention camps. Just plain tired.
- Characterized by the nakedness of the people concerned or to whom the described noun is attributed.
- 1666, Samuel Pepys, Diary:
- So here I went the first time into a naked bed, only my drawers on; and did sleep pretty well: but still both sleeping and waking had a fear of fire in my heart, that I took little rest.
- 1788, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:
- The satirical historian has not blushed to describe the naked scenes which Theodora was not ashamed to exhibit in the theatre.
- 1666, Samuel Pepys, Diary:
- (obsolete) Unarmed.
- 1727, Daniel Defoe, An essay on the history and reality of apparitions:
- You an’t even with me yet, ſays ſhe; I ſcorn as much to take up a Sword againſt a Naked Man; as you ought to have ſcorn’d, if you had been a Gentleman, to give the Lie to a Woman.
- 1727, Daniel Defoe, An essay on the history and reality of apparitions:
- Unaided, unaccompanied.
- 1579, William Wilkinson, A confutation of certaine articles deliuered vnto the Familye of Loue:
- Christ commeth not bare or naked, but clothed and accompanied with all his mercies.
- 2001, Asger Aaboe, Episodes From the Early History of Astronomy:
- If all celestial bodies visible to the naked eye are thus mapped on the celestial sphere, it becomes apparent that the vast majority of them remain in fixed patterns with respect to each other: They form recognizable constellations that, in turn, remain unchangeably distributed.
- 1579, William Wilkinson, A confutation of certaine articles deliuered vnto the Familye of Loue:
- Unprotected, uncovered; (by extension) without a condom.
- The tendrils of the naked flame stretched into the skies.
- I entered her naked and came in her too.
- (literary) Resourceless, poor, lacking means.
- 1480, anonymous, printed by William Caxton, Cura Sapientiæ; or, The Court of Sapience:
- I knowe my self moost naked in al artes, / My comune ne vulgare eke moost interupte, / And I conversaunte and born in the partes / Where my natyfe langage is moost corrupt, / And with most sundry tonges myxt and rupte.
- c. 1625, John Fletcher, The Humorous Lieutenant:
- I am a poor Man, naked, / Yet ſomething for Remembrance; four a piece, Gentlemen, / And ſo my Body where you pleaſe.
- 1480, anonymous, printed by William Caxton, Cura Sapientiæ; or, The Court of Sapience:
- (with “of”) Lacking or devoid of something.
- 1581, Walter Haddon and John Foxe, trans. James Bell, Against Ierome Osorius Byshopp of Siluane in Portingall and Against His Slaunderous Inuectiues: An Aunswere Apologeticall: for the Necessary Defence of the Euangelicall Doctrine and Veritie:
- Freewill is made naked of all maner merite.
- 1619, Samuel Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrim: Microcosmus, or the Historie of Man, relating the Wonders of his Generation, Vanities in his Degeneration, Necessity of His Regeneration:
- Their eyes were opened to ſee their nakedneſſe: naked they were of diuine protection and fauor, naked of Angelicall guard and cuſtodie, naked of Humane puritie and holineſſe, naked of dutifull subiection from the rebelling Creatures;
- 1969, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist:
- I have spent about three weeks at home since Dec 1. As always, I am naked of good article ideas—despite my constant involvement with good subjects.
- 1581, Walter Haddon and John Foxe, trans. James Bell, Against Ierome Osorius Byshopp of Siluane in Portingall and Against His Slaunderous Inuectiues: An Aunswere Apologeticall: for the Necessary Defence of the Euangelicall Doctrine and Veritie:
- (obsolete) Blank, clean, empty.
- c. 1660, Robert South, Sermon on John vii. 17.:
- For in the first it finds the mind naked and unprepossessed with any former notions, and so easily and insensibly gains upon the assent, grows up with it, and incorporates into it.
- c. 1660, Robert South, Sermon on John vii. 17.:
- (of land, rocks, or plants) Barren, having no foliage, unvegetated.
- Uncomfortable or vulnerable, as if missing something important.
- I feel naked without my mobile phone.
- (of food or other consumer products) Without any additives, or without some component that would usually be included.
- a naked burrito (i.e. one without a tortilla); a naked burger (without a bun)
- Naked Bacon (a brand without nitrates or phosphates)
- (physics) Of a singularity, not hidden within an event horizon and thus observable from other parts of spacetime.
Synonyms
- bare, bareskin, nude, starkers, unclad, unclothed, butt-naked, bare-assed, in one's birthday suit, skyclad, showing skin
- See also Thesaurus:nude
- (without a condom): Thesaurus:condomless
Derived terms
Translations
not wearing any clothes
|
lacking some clothing
glib, without decoration, put bluntly
|
unprotected
|
uncomfortable
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
|
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
naked
- simple past and past participle of nake
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English nacod, from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz. Compare naken.
Pronunciation
Adjective
naked
- Uncovered; exposed, visible:
- Fully bodily uncovered; naked, clothesless or unclothed.
- Partially bodily uncovered or bald; uncovered in a specific area.
- Of a melee weapon; lacking a hilt or sheath; openly carried or readied.
- Of an wound; exposed; open, showing internals.
- Apparent, unveiled, obviously visible (in contrast to a previous state)
- (often with a item specified) Having none of something; bare of a thing or quality:
- Having no armour or weapons; unequipped for battle.
- Unvegetated; lacking plant growth or ground cover.
- Bereft of possessions or accoutrements; without one's or its trappings.
- Put in literal form; without decoration or accoutrements.
- Referring to the core or substance of something.
- (rare) Undiluted, unqualified, unconditional.
- (rare) Restrained, unextended, bound.
- (rare) Lacking feelings or sympathy.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “nāked (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-21.
Noun
naked
- An exposed part of the body.
- (rare) The state of being naked.
References
- “nāked (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-21.
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English terms with quotations
- English literary terms
- en:Physics
- English 1-syllable words
- English non-lemma forms
- English verb forms
- English terms with unexpected syllabic -ed
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English adjectives
- Middle English terms with rare senses
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Body
- enm:Botany
- enm:Clothing
- enm:Emotions
- enm:Hair
- enm:Weapons