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nude

Syllabification: (nude)
Pronunciation: /n(y)o͞od/
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Definition of nude

adjective

  • wearing no clothes; naked:a painting of a nude model
  • [attributive] depicting or performed by naked people:he was asked to act in a frank nude scene
  • (especially of hosiery) flesh-colored:black shoes with beige or nude stockings

noun

  • a naked human figure, typically as the subject of a painting, sculpture, or photograph:a study of a kneeling nude
  • flesh color.

Phrases

in the nude

in an unclothed state:I like to swim in the nude

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'plain, explicit'): from Latin nudus. The current sense is first found in noun use in the early 18th century

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