nudie

English

Etymology

From nude +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnuːdi/
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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnjuːdi/
  • Rhymes: -uːdi

Noun

nudie (plural nudies)

  1. (often attributive) Entertainment involving naked people, especially women.
    • 2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone:
      Over the following decades, the magazine published nude photos of its Playboy Bunnies along with shots of stars Pamela Anderson, Kate Moss, Madonna and Cindy Crawford. But Hefner envisioned Playboy as more than a nudie magazine.
    • 2009 January 25, Ken Johnson, “The Image Is Erotic. But Is It Art?”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Playboy had recently become an object of mainstream popularity, a nudie magazine with literary content that smart men and women could peruse without embarrassment.
  2. (informal) A nudist.
    • 2004 January 26, Stephen Crowley, “Birthday Suits”, in Loxie & Zoot‎[2]:
      I'm worried the baby won't be a nudist ... we're nudies 'cos we're wearing our birthday suits […] what if the baby's born wearing clothes?

Adjective

nudie (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Relating to nudity or nudeness.
    • 1969, David English, Divided they stand:
      The New Yorkers took over the Americana Hotel at the north end of the beach, where the management welcomed them with the news that the supper-club show "Toujours Paris" was the "naughtiest, nudiest, sauciest show this side of Europe.
  2. (informal) Naked.

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