n.; pl. Nudities [ Cf. F. nudité. ] 1. The quality or state of being nude; nakedness. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed portion; esp. (Fine Arts), the human figure represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; -- chiefly used in the plural and in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ] There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any more than in painting, to design and color obscene nudities. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] |