mother-nakedadj.
/ˌmʌðəˈneɪkᵻd/, U.S. /ˌməðərˈneɪkᵻd/ As naked as at birth; stark naked.
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nakedOE
bareOE
start nakedc1225
nakec1300
unarrayedc1380
clothelessc1386
mother-nakedc1390
stark nakedc1390
bareda1400
naked as a needlec1400
unattiredc1400
uncladc1400
uncoveredc1400
loose1423
unclothedc1440
belly-nakeda1500
naked as one's nail1563
unabuilyeit1568
sindonlessc1595
leathern1596
disarrayed1611
undressed1613
debaredc1620
unapparelled1622
unaccoutred?1750
stark1762
disrobed1794
ungarmented1798
undraped1814
au naturel1828
nude1830
skyclad1832
garbless1838
kitless1846
spar-naked1849
raimentless1852
undoffed1854
togless1857
garmentless1866
naked as a robin1866
clothesless1868
sky clothed1878
nakedized1885
altogether1896
buck naked1913
raw1916
bollock naked1922
starkers1923
starko1923
stitchless1927
naked as a jaybird1931
bollock1950
rollock naked1962
nekkid1977
kit-off1992
c1390 Talkyng of Love of God (Vernon) (1950) 44 (MED) Þou weore honged al mooder naked, wiþ oute cloþ or clout, be twene two þeues.
c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) v. 608 Take this mayden and strype hir modir-naked.
a1500 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Lamb.) (1969) 2091 (MED) But she was moder naked, As God had hir maked.
1526 Pylgrimage of Perfection (de Worde) f. 260 He all mother naked, spredyng hym selfe on the crosse for vs moost pacyently.
1598 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) II. 70 [They] tyrrit thair claithes of thame and schot thame moder-nakit furth of thair said duelling hous.
1644 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1908) 2nd Ser. VIII. 101 They causit thair officers and hangman tirre us mother naked.
c1653 in J. S. Dobie Munim. Irvine (1891) II. 254 Tual souldiors..muthir nekit and had nothing.
1750 M. Clancy Sharper 31 The damn'd confounded Jade stript me Mother-naked.
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. i. 42 Harry..would run about, mother-naked..in a frosty morning.
1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) II. 255 And last they'll shape me in your arms, A mother-naked man.
1872 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera II. xxiii. 4 Mother-naked sits Theseus.
1914 W. B. Yeats Responsibilities 56 So trembling with delight and mother-naked.
1980 J. Wainwright Dominoes i. 15 The jersey. The slacks. Christ, she might as well be mother-naked for what good they were.
1992 R. Price Blue Calhoun ii. 83 This was years ago before girls flung themselves mother-naked all over TV.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- deutero-nicene
- deutero-pauline
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