naked

English

/ˈneɪkɪd/, /ˈnɛkɪd/, /neɪkt/

adj
Definitions
  • Bare, not covered by clothing.
  • (obsolete) Lacking some clothing; clothed only in underwear.
  • Glib, without decoration, put bluntly.
  • Characterized by the nakedness of the people concerned or to whom the described noun is attributed.
  • (obsolete) Unarmed.
  • Unaided, unaccompanied.
  • Unprotected, uncovered; (by extension) without a condom.
  • (finance) Where the writer (seller) does not own the underlying asset to cover the contract.
  • (literary) Resourceless, poor, lacking means.
  • (with “of”) Lacking or devoid of something.
  • (obsolete) Blank, clean, empty.
  • (of land, rocks, or plants) Barren, having no foliage, unvegetated.
  • Uncomfortable or vulnerable, as if missing something important.
  • (of food or other consumer products) Without any additives, or without some component that would usually be included.
  • (physics) Of a singularity, not hidden within an event horizon and thus observable from other parts of spacetime.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English naked inherited from Old English nacod inherited from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (naked, bare).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*negʷ-

Gloss

naked, bare

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Property

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