单词 | in the altogether |
释义 | > as lemmasin the (also one's) altogether 4. colloquial. Usually with the. The state of nakedness, the nude. Frequently in in the (also one's) altogether.The expression appears to have been popularized by the novel Trilby by G. du Maurier, although in that context ‘the altogether’ appears strictly to mean ‘(a portrait of) the full body’ (as opposed to the face, hands, etc.), with the idea of nudity being secondary or implicit. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adverb] naked as a worm?a1366 nakedlyc1425 to the skin?1518 in one's (pure) naturals1579 in puris naturalibus1581 unclothedlya1626 puris naturalibus1626 with nothing on1678 uncoveredly1683 in the buff1803 Adamically1860 in the (also one's) altogether1894 in the raw1941 in the nuddy1953 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. i. 25 ‘I'm posing for Durien the sculptor, on the next floor. I pose to him for the altogether.’ ‘The altogether?’ asked Little Billee. ‘Yes—l'ensemble, you know—heads, hands, and feet—everything—especially feet.’] 1894 Nation (N.Y.) 59 311/1 The dislike..of Trilby's posing for the ‘altogether’, doesn't jibe with the author's authoritative declaration that to all artists..‘nothing is so chaste as nudity’. 1895 Bookman May 17/2 The Trilby fad is visibly on the wane... Mr. W. M. Butterfield, the artist,..gives us a real Trilby, but a Trilby of some forty years of age..who poses no more in the altogether. 1896 W.S. Gilbert Grand Duke ii. 37 They wore little underclothing—scarcely anything—or no-thing... Well, in fact, in summer weather, something like the ‘altogether’. 1908 Daily Chron. 16 Apr. 5/7 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt frankly says she sees nothing wrong in the ‘altogether’. 1947 N. Balchin Lord, I was Afraid 52 Should I get a kick out of just seeing a girl in the altogether? 1951 F. Loesser King's New Clothes (song) 10 The King is in the altogether, but altogether the altogether He's altogether as naked as the day that he was born. 1989 M. Wiggins John Dollar (1990) ii. 45 Grandfather ran at them in his altogether and began to shout his native Portuguese topspeed. 2006 Teen Now Spring 83 Matt has a good way of getting his revenge on anyone who laughs when he's in the altogether. < as lemmas |
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