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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nudity \Nu"di*ty\, n.; pl. {Nudities}. [Cf. F. nudit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.
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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.
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There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any
more than in painting, to design and color obscene
nudities. --Dryden.
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