nakedness

2 definitions found

nakedness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nakedness \Na"ked*ness\, n.
     1. The condition of being naked.
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     2. (Script.) The privy parts; the genitals.
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              Ham . . . saw the nakedness of his father. --Gen.
                                                    ix. 22.
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nakedness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nakedness
      n 1: the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
           [syn: nakedness, nudity, nudeness]
      2: a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the
         landscape" [syn: bleakness, desolation, bareness,
         nakedness]
      3: characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility
         (especially about one's actions or purposes); without
         concealment; not secretive [syn: openness, nakedness]
         [ant: closeness, secretiveness]