NUDE
\njˈuːd], \njˈuːd], \n_j_ˈuː_d]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
Naked. This word is applied metaphorically to a variety of subjects to indicate that they are lacking in some essential legal requisite.
By Henry Campbell Black
-
n[=u]d, adj. naked: bare: without drapery, as a statue: void, as a contract.--n. N[=U]D[=A]'TION, act of making bare.--adv. N[=U]DE'LY.--ns. N[=U]DE'NESS, N[=U]'DITY, nakedness: want of covering: anything laid bare.--adjs. NUDIFL[=O]'ROUS, having the flowers destitute of hairs, glands, &c.; N[=U]DIF[=O]'LIOUS, having bare or smooth leaves; N[=U]DIROS'TRATE, having the rostrum naked.--n.pl. N[=U]'DITIES, naked parts: figures divested of drapery.--THE NUDE, the undraped human figure as a branch of art. [L. nudus, naked.]
By Thomas Davidson
-
Naked, bare, unclothed, undraped, (n. contract in law, lacking consideration& therefore void unless under seal); so nudi-comb. form (zool.), nudity n. (N.) n. figure in painting or sculpture; the n., the undraped state. [Latin]
By Sir Augustus Henry