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naked

/ˈneɪkəd/NAY-kuhd
/ˈneɪkəd/NAY-kuhd

Meaningstripped

Common meaning: without clothes

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√NAG‘lay bare’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 177, p. 736 · scan
  2. Old Englishnacod‘naked’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishnakedsource
  4. Englishnaked‘without clothes’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English nacod ‘bare’.

Roots

  • nacod Old English “bare”

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