skyclad

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/ˈskaɪ.klæd/

adjective

Belonging to the Digambara school of Jainism.

OriginSanskrit दिगम्बर →
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Meanings

adjectiveskyclad (not comparable)

alternative sky-clad

  1. not comparableBelonging to the Digambara school of Jainism.
  2. not comparablepoeticlifestyleNude, naked, especially when outdoors.

    There he stood, sky-clad, smearing witch's ointment all over.

    1989, Ken Radford, Fire Burn, page 135

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
naked

Origin

  1. Sanskritदिगम्बर“having all (=ten) quarters of the globe as one's only clothing, i.e., naked”
  2. Englishskyclad

From sky + clad, indicating that the person in question is clad only in the sky. Attested from early 20th century England, it is partially a calque of Sanskrit दिगम्बर (digambara, “having all (=ten) quarters of the globe as one's only clothing, i.e., naked”).

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Translations

Finnish alasti, skyclad
  • alastinaked outdoors
  • skycladnaked outdoors
Hindi दिगंबर
  • दिगंबर (digambar)Digambara
Russian го́лый, наго́й
  • го́лый (gólyj)naked outdoors
  • наго́й (nagój)naked outdoors
  • обнажённый (obnažónnyj)naked outdoors
Spanish vestido al cielo
  • vestido al cielonaked outdoors
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Chicago

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