Dictionary entry

Nude

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Nude (?), a. [L. nudus. See Naked.]

1. Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.

2. (Law) Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See Nudum pactum. Blackstone.

The nude, the undraped human figure in art.

— Nude″ly, adv.- Nude″ness, n.