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nudish

nudish adjective: more or less nude; wearing very few clothes.

Adjective

nudish (not comparable)

  1. More or less nude; wearing very few clothes.
    • I bumped into a nudish figure round a corner who informed the Agent in a disgusted voice that “someone'as bin an' pinched a raincoat o' mine; they aren't 'arf nippy, give yer my word.”1928, Dell Leigh, On the Line, page 75
    • One injured editor recently defended a recent jacket of a nudish girl by saying: “We don't show the nipples — she's got on no less than they wear in nightclubs!”1950, Tomorrow, volume 10, page 10

Origin of nudish

From nude + -ish.

Questions about nudish

What does nudish mean?
Nudish means more or less nude; wearing very few clothes.
What part of speech is nudish?
Nudish is an adjective.

Words near nudish in the dictionary

  1. nudily
  2. nudiness
  3. nudipleuran
  4. nudipleurans
  5. nudis
  6. nudish
  7. nudism
  8. nudisms
  9. nudist
  10. nudist beach
  11. nudist beaches

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