Nu"di*ty (?), n.; pl. Nudities (#). [Cf. F. nudit'e .]

1.

The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.

2.

That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed portion; esp. Fine Arts, the human figure represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; -- chiefly used in the plural and in a bad sense.

There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any more than in painting, to design and color obscene nudities. Dryden.

 

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