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nude

Pronunciation: /njuːd/

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Definition of nude

adjective

  • 1wearing no clothes; naked:a painting of a nude model
  • [attributive] depicting or performed by naked people:she won’t do any nude scenes
  • 2of a pinkish-beige colour:nude tights

noun

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

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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