nudity
nounUK /ˈnjudɪˌti/ · US /ˈnudɪti/
Etymology From nude + -ity. Compare Late Latin nūditās.
1
Usually The state or quality of being without clothing on the body; specifically, the quality of being without clothing on the genitals.
- In places such as Scandinavia, public nudity is legal.
2
Rare, Usually Something or someone without clothes.
- […]he had divested himself of the incumbrance of dress[…] and although a nudity, he appeared before numbers of people unabashed, and with an unblushing composure of countenance, which envinces that the sense of shame in him is entirely abolished.1809, Wm. Weston, “Remarkable Instance of Propensity to the Savage State”, in The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1807, page 906:
- M. PILS' battle-piece, representing Prince NAPOLEON leading his division at Alma, and some of M. GEROME's startling nudities.1865 May 3, “The Prince Napoleon's Ball.”, in The New York Times:
- Derived terms
- antinudity, frontal nudity, full frontal nudity, nuditarian, seminudity