As an adjective, nude means 'wearing no clothes,' or 'naked.' It may also be a noun, meaning 'a naked human figure as the subject of a painting, sculpture, or photograph.' Nude has a secondary meaning, 'denoting or relating to clothing or makeup that is of a color resembling that of the wearer’s skin.'
The word nude entered the English language from Latin nudus in Middle English. At that time it meant 'plain' or 'explicit.' Only in the early 18th century did it find its first use as a noun with its current meaning.
Disambiguation: The word nude is seldom used in its adjectival form in the American South, where the preferred term is 'nekkid,' for example, 'let's git nekkid and go swimming.' It also can be used in its secondary sense relating to clothes resembling the wearer's skin color: 'Pearlie Mae, you look plum nekkid in that blouse.'
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