Meanings
- rareuncountableThe state of being naked; nakedness.
To the People of the Righteous Island: I showed Beauty in her nakedhood but they clothed me in a sackcloth.
1963, National Review, volume 14, page 312 more examples
And it's time You were told, Readerissimo, that while at this juncture those eyes those eyes of hers were for the nonce closed, those thighs of hers were not; that she lay on her back in full amazing exhausted but welcoming nakedhood upon her berth in her cabin...
2001, John Barth, Coming Soon!!!: A Narrative, page 169The Life Class modeling helped defray her tuition, and when word got around that she grooved on nakedhood there were feelers, so to speak, from lap-dance joints and porn-flick producers, among other entrepreneurs, to all of whom she said "Fuck off, Charlie".
2005, John Barth, The Book of Ten Nights and a Night: Eleven Stories, page 284
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Middle Englishnakedhed
- Englishnakedhood
From Middle English nakedhed; equivalent to naked + -hood.
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