nudish

adj

nudish

adj

Etymology From nude + -ish.

1

More or less nude; wearing very few clothes.

  • I bumped into a nudish figure round a corner who informed the Agent in a disgusted voice that “someone'as bin an' pinched a raincoat o' mine; they aren't 'arf nippy, give yer my word.”1928, Dell Leigh, On the Line, page 75:
  • One injured editor recently defended a recent jacket of a nudish girl by saying: “We don't show the nipples — she's got on no less than they wear in nightclubs!”1950, Tomorrow, volume 10, page 10:

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