Meanings
alternative mother naked
- archaicnot comparableCompletely naked.
And they saw those fields, and the river, and the peasants swimming; mother-naked, unembarrassed, frolicking in the water
1996, Wendy Beckett, Sister Wendy's Story of Painting, episode 1
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveas naked as at birth
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Meaning "as naked as when born (from one's mother)". Compare typologically Russian в чём мать родила́ (v čom matʹ rodilá).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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