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nakedhood

nakedhood noun: the state of being naked; nakedness.

Noun

nakedhood (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state of being naked; nakedness.
    • To the People of the Righteous Island: I showed Beauty in her nakedhood but they clothed me in a sackcloth.1963, National Review, volume 14, page 31
    • And it's time You were told, Readerissimo, that while at this juncture those eyes those eyes of hers were for the nonce closed, those thighs of hers were not; that she lay on her back in full amazing exhausted but welcoming nakedhood upon her berth in her cabin...2001, John Barth, Coming Soon!!!: A Narrative, page 169

Origin of nakedhood

From Middle English nakedhed; equivalent to naked + -hood.

Questions about nakedhood

What does nakedhood mean?
Nakedhood means the state of being naked; nakedness.
What part of speech is nakedhood?
Nakedhood is a noun.

Words near nakedhood in the dictionary

  1. naked-eye
  2. naked-handed
  3. naked-handedly
  4. nakeder
  5. nakedest
  6. nakedhood
  7. nakedise
  8. nakedised
  9. nakedises
  10. nakedish
  11. nakedising

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