nudity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the state of wearing no clothes; nakedness

   The law treats public nudity differently from nudity in a private home.

2. 2
   noun

   the state of lacking a natural covering such as hair, fur, or feathers

   The relative nudity of human skin contrasts with the dense coats of most other primates.

From French nudite or Late Latin nuditas, 'nakedness,' based on Latin nudus, 'naked or bare.' Beyond absence of clothing, naturalists used nudity for an animal surface lacking its usual hair, fur, feathers, or other covering.

Topics