undressed
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]undressed (comparative more undressed, superlative most undressed)
- Having partially or completely removed one's clothes.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nude
- 1871 February 25, Henry J. M. Sampson, “The Dubbler’s Start”, in The Weekly Times, […], number 77, Melbourne, Vic., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 2:
- I looked back, and could see Jackson half undressed, and putting on his running-shoes.
- (of a wall, etc.) Whose surface has not been dressed (prepared).
- an undressed wound
- (of salad, etc.) Without dressing.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]having partially or completely removed one's clothes
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unbandaged, without a dressing
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Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]undressed
- simple past and past participle of undress
References
[edit]- ^ “undressed, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.