nudie

[noo-dee, nyoo-]

noun

1. a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.

2. a nude person.

adjective

1. featuring nude performers or photographs.

   nudie photo layouts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nudie¹

First recorded in 1930–35; nude + -ie

Example Sentences

To her, her longtime gig at the Razzle Dazzle isn’t just some tacky nudie show — it’s “the last descendant of Parisian Lido culture.”

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Putting her nudie photos in the pantheon of great art isn't arguing for sexual freedom for all, but framing it as a privilege of the upper echelons of society who can be trusted to handle such provocations, unlike the grubby commoners.

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He started wearing cowboy hats and boots, big belt buckles, Nudie shirts, lots of denim.

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“He’d been dared by a classmate to do a nudie video.”

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The story of Gram Parsons is so imbued with rock star mythos that it can be disorienting to sit across from someone who proves that he was, in fact, a real person and not some Nudie Suit–wearing apparition.

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