nakedness

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nounnudity

Synonyms for nakedness

noun nudity

exposure

noun. uncovering; putting in view or danger

exposures

noun. uncovering; putting in view or danger

Word Origin & History

Old English nacod "nude, bare; empty," also "not fully clothed," from Proto-Germanic *nakwathaz (cf. Old Frisian nakad, Middle Dutch naket, Dutch naakt, Old High German nackot, German nackt, Old Norse nökkviðr, Old Swedish nakuþer, Gothic naqaþs "naked"), from PIE root *nogw- "naked" (cf. Sanskrit nagna, Hittite nekumant-, Old Persian *nagna-, Greek gymnos, Latin nudus, Lithuanian nuogas, Old Church Slavonic nagu-, Russian nagoi, Old Irish nocht, Welsh noeth "bare, naked"). Related: Nakedly; nakedness. Applied to qualities, actions, etc., from late 14c. (first in "The Cloud of Unknowing"); phrase naked truth is from 1585, in Alexander Montgomerie's "The Cherry and the Slae":

Phrase naked as a jaybird (1943) was earlier naked as a robin (1879, in a Shropshire context); the earliest known comparative based on it was naked as a needle (late 14c.). Naked eye is from 1660s, unnecessary in the world before telescopes and microscopes.

Example Sentences for nakedness

And as for cold and nakedness, they are evils introduced by luxury and custom.

Lorenzi stood before him, splendid in his nakedness like a young god.

Since then the ivy has grown over them to hide their nakedness.

He had uncovered his nakedness—the nakedness of his soul itself.

He had covered his nakedness with an ill-fitting fatigue suit.

I was petrified; for these words shewed me my danger in all its nakedness.

Often had I seen them thus before—but never in the nakedness of passion.

Such a return to the nakedness of the brute must be retrograde.

Waves of heat crept like ghost fires across the nakedness of the scene.

Ukhat exposed her breast, revealed her nakedness, took off her clothing.

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Synonyms for nakedness

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Synonyms for nakedness

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