Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Nakedness; nudity.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind

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Examples

  • I admit one of the primary reasons I posted again was to applaud the awesomeness of the phrase "chronic nudeness" to describe Manhattan. lol! gocitizen

    Six New Watchmen Character Posters | /Film 2008

  • They were pretty limited in which scenes they could depict Manhattan in on posters (due to his chronic nudeness) so this was definitely the best choice.

    Six New Watchmen Character Posters | /Film 2008

  • They took her nudeness like for them it was an everyday thing.

    Midnight Sister Souljah 2008

  • Large and light and bare, the nudeness of the interior is uncouth, and the stiff exterior, decorated with statues, impresses one as pleasantly as clothes upon crossed bean-poles.

    Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 Elise Whitlock Rose

  • It is probably this near-nudeness, without pure nakedness, that creates the jarring note of the group Certainly there is a bizarre touch that somewhat offsets the sinuous charm of the figure.

    An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition Sheldon Cheney

  • Africa; he thought of their noble walk, the proud restfulness of their features, their chaste nudeness, and their inseparability from the earth and the air.

    Gänsemännchen. English Jakob Wassermann 1903

  • Everywhere she looked she saw reprehensible nudeness; all clothes seemed to be made of glass; she could look neither at a man nor at a woman without turning pale.

    Gänsemännchen. English Jakob Wassermann 1903

  • But the chaste empress was now smiling in her nudeness, satisfied with being simply Freya.

    Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Vicente Blasco Ib����ez 1897

  • Her mental nudeness is parallel with her low bodice, it is that and nothing more.

    Modern Painting 1892

  • According to Gill (230), the Papuans of Southwestern New Guinea "glory in their nudeness and consider clothing fit only for women."

    Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890

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