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| + | "[[Look at that woman! Beneath her dress she's stark naked!]]" | ||
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| + | "The English language, with its elaborate generosity, distinguishes between the [[naked]] and the [[nudity|nude]]."--''[[The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form]]'' (1956) by Kenneth Clark | ||
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| + | [[Image:The Truth.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[La Vérité]]'' (1870, "Truth") by [[Jules Joseph Lefebvre]]. The [[truth is always naked]].]] | ||
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| + | '''Naked''' means not wearing any [[clothe]]s. Metaphorically it can be used to denote something [[glib]], without [[decoration]], put [[blunt]]ly (as in the [[naked truth|'''naked''' truth]]). | ||
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| - | # Not wearing any clothes. | + | From Middle English ''naked'', from Old English ''nacod'' (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic ''*nakwadaz'', from Proto-Indo-European ''*nogʷó-'' (“naked”). Cognate with Scots ''nakit, nakkit'' (“naked”), Low German ''naakd'' (“naked”), Dutch ''naakt'' (“naked”), German ''nackt'' (“naked”), Danish ''nøgen'' (“naked”), Swedish ''naken'' (“naked”), Icelandic ''nakinn'' (“naked”), and ultimately with Latin ''[[nūdus]]'', Ancient Greek ''[[γυμνός]]'' (gymnós), Sanskrit ''नग्न'' (nagna), Avestan ''maġna'', Old Armenian ''մերկ'' (merk). Related also to Old English ''nacian'' (“to strip of clothes, undress”). More at ''[[nake]]''. |
| - | #: ''She was as '''naked''' as the day she was born.'' | + | ==See also== |
| - | # Glib, without decoration, put bluntly. | + | * [[Bare]] |
| - | #: ''This is the [[naked truth|'''naked''' truth]].'' | + | * [[Nude]] |
| - | #: ''The '''naked''' facts lay there on the table, enclosed within the files.'' | + | * [[Naked eye]] |
| - | # [[unprotected]] | + | * [[Naked truth]] |
| - | #: ''The tendrils of the '''naked''' flame stretched into the skies.'' | + | |
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| - | ====Synonyms==== | + | |
| - | * [[bare]] | + | |
| - | * [[nude]] | + | |
| - | * [[starkers]] | + | |
| - | * [[unclad]] | + | |
| - | * [[unclothed]] | + | |
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| - | ====Related terms==== | + | |
| - | * [[naked eye]] | + | |
| - | * [[naked flame]] | + | |
| - | * [[naked truth]] | + | |
| - | * [[half-naked]], [[half naked]] | + | |
| - | * [[semi-naked]] | + | |
| - | * [[stark naked]] | + | |
| - | == See also == | + | |
| *[[On the difference between nakedness and nudity]] | *[[On the difference between nakedness and nudity]] | ||
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Naked means not wearing any clothes. Metaphorically it can be used to denote something glib, without decoration, put bluntly (as in the naked truth).
Etymology
From Middle English naked, from Old English nacod (“naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷó- (“naked”). Cognate with Scots nakit, nakkit (“naked”), Low German naakd (“naked”), Dutch naakt (“naked”), German nackt (“naked”), Danish nøgen (“naked”), Swedish naken (“naked”), Icelandic nakinn (“naked”), and ultimately with Latin nūdus, Ancient Greek γυμνός (gymnós), Sanskrit नग्न (nagna), Avestan maġna, Old Armenian մերկ (merk). Related also to Old English nacian (“to strip of clothes, undress”). More at nake.
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