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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.

Definition 2024


nudity

nudity

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Noun

nudity (usually uncountable, plural nudities)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being without clothing on the body; specifically, the quality of being without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
    In places such as Scandinavia, public nudity is legal.
  2. (countable, rare) Something or someone without clothes.

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