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mother-naked

mother-naked adjective: completely naked.

Adjective

mother-naked (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Completely naked.
    • And they saw those fields, and the river, and the peasants swimming; mother-naked, unembarrassed, frolicking in the water1996, Wendy Beckett, Sister Wendy's Story of Painting, episode 1

Forms of mother-naked

alternative formmother naked

Origin of mother-naked

Meaning "as naked as when born (from one's mother)". Compare typologically Russian в чём мать родила́ (v čom matʹ rodilá).

Questions about mother-naked

What does mother-naked mean?
Mother-naked means completely naked.
What part of speech is mother-naked?
Mother-naked is an adjective.

Words near mother-naked in the dictionary

  1. mother-in-law's tongue
  2. mother-in-law's tongues
  3. mother-in-laws
  4. mother-lode
  5. mother-lodes
  6. mother-naked
  7. mother-of-pearl
  8. mother-of-pearl cloud
  9. mother-of-pearl clouds
  10. mother-of-pearls
  11. mother-of-thyme

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