naked
Middle English
/ˈnaːkid/
adj
Definitions
- Uncovered; exposed, visible:
- (often with a item specified) Having none of something; bare of a thing or quality:
- Put in literal form; without decoration or accoutrements.
- Referring to the core or substance of something.
- (rare) Undiluted, unqualified, unconditional.
- (rare) Restrained, unextended, bound.
- (rare) Lacking feelings or sympathy.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English nacod inherited from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*nakwadaz
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- naked English
- naked mole rat English
- naked-handed English
- nakedhood English
- nakedize English
- nakedly English
- nakedness English
- seminaked English
- unnaked English
- *negʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *nogʷós Proto-Indo-European
- *nakwadaz Proto-Germanic
- nacod Old English
- nacodnes Old English
- nakedhed Middle English
- nakednesse Middle English
- nakidly Middle English
- nakinn Old Norse
- nǫkkviðr Old Norse
- nackut Old High German
- 𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌰𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- nakot Old Dutch
- naked Old Frisian