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Webster 1913 Edition
Nudity
Nu′di-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Nudities
(#)
. [Cf. F.
nudité
.] 1.
The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.
2.
That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed portion;
esp.
(Fine Arts)
, the human figure represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; – chiefly used in the plural and in a bad sense.
There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any more than in painting, to design and color obscene
nudities
. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nudity
NU'DITY
,Noun.
1.
Nakedness.2.
Nudities, in the plural, naked parts which decency requires to be concealed.3.
In painting and sculpture, the naked parts of the human figure, or parts not covered with drapery.Nudum Pactum, [L.] in law, an agreement that is void or not valid according to the laws of the land.