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| [[Image:The Truth.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[La Vérité]]'' (1870, "Truth") by [[Jules Joseph Lefebvre]]. The [[truth is always naked]].]] | [[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 clothes. 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.'' | + | |
| - | # Glib, without decoration, put bluntly. | + | |
| - | #: ''This is the [[naked truth|'''naked''' truth]].'' | + | |
| - | #: ''The '''naked''' facts lay there on the table, enclosed within the files.'' | + | |
| - | # [[unprotected]] | + | |
| - | #: ''The tendrils of the '''naked''' flame stretched into the skies.'' | + | |
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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).
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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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