nude

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /nud/ UK /njuːd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
wearing no clothes; a depiction of the unclothed body

The gallery's nude studies drew large crowds.

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Synonyms

1 adj · wearing no clothes; a... naked bare unclothed undressed uncladdisrobed

Opposites

clothed dressed clad covered

Word family

Derived forms nuditynudismnudistnudelynudeness

Related forms denude nudity

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Phrases (1)

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nude statue
a sculpture representing a person without clothing

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Nude entered English in the late Middle English period from Latin nudus, “naked.” It shares an ultimate root with the native Old English word naked.

Etymology

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

nudus Latin *nogʷ- Proto-Indo-European

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# nude

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /nud/
**IPA (UK):** /njuːd/

## Meanings
1. wearing no clothes; a depiction of the unclothed body

## Examples
- The gallery's nude studies drew large crowds.

## Synonyms
- naked
- bare
- unclothed
- undressed
- unclad
- disrobed

## Antonyms
- clothed
- dressed
- clad
- covered

## Derived Forms
- nudity
- nudism
- nudist
- nudely
- nudeness

## Related Forms
- denude
- nudity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: nudus
- Root: *nogʷ-

## Etymology
From Latin nudus ('naked, bare'), from Proto-Indo-European *nogw- ('naked').

## AI Etymology
Nude is from Latin nudus ('naked, bare'), from Proto-Indo-European *nogw- ('naked'). Important recorded forms include nudus (Latin) and *nogʷ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the ending or combining element turns the older base into the present English part of speech. The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers wearing no clothes; a depiction of the unclothed body. The wider family includes derived forms such as nudity, nudism, nudist, and nudely and related words such as denude and nudity.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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