nude

Meanings

Adjective

• Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
• Characterized by the nudity of people concerned or to whom the described noun is attributed.
• Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh.
• Not valid; void.

Noun

• A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.
• The state of total nudity.
• A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color.

Related

Similar words

• flesh-colored, skin-colored, carnation

Origin

• Entered English 1531 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Latin nūdus.