nude

nude · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Wearing no clothes; naked.

  2. 2.

    (noun) A naked human figure, especially in art.

  3. 3.

    A pale pinkish-beige color resembling skin tone.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    in the nude — without any clothes on
  • •
    nude scene — a scene in a film featuring unclothed actors

Related words

Antonyms: clothed, covered, dressed
See also: art, bare, clothing, naked
Synonyms: bare, naked, unclothed

Etymology

From Latin nudus ("naked, bare"), from Proto-Indo-European nogʷ- ("naked").