Nudity - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Nudity : (noun)

1: the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind [syn: nakedness, nudeness]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Nudity : \Nu"di*ty\, n.; pl. Nudities. [Cf. F. nudit['e] .] 1. The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.

2. That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed portion; esp. (Fine Arts), the human figure represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; --
chiefly used in the plural and in a bad sense.

There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any more than in painting, to design and color obscene nudities. --Dryden.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)