in puris naturalibus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin in puris naturalibus.

Adverb

in puris naturalibus (not comparable)

  1. In a purely natural state; naked.
    • 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XVII, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC, page 316:
      Report has it, however, that when he returned from the wood he found the no longer fair lady firmly established in his bed, in puris naturalibus; or one should say, in impuris naturalibus.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 49:
      Boyles crouched against the wall in puris naturalibus, while Ned wrapped the magician's cape around his bare legs and flagged down the coach.
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