Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nudity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nudity \Nu"di*ty\, n.; pl. {Nudities}. [Cf. F. nudit['e] .]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nudity
n : the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
[syn: {nakedness}, {nudeness}]
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