nudie

English

Etymology

nude +‎ -ie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuːdi/
• Rhymes: -uːdi

Noun

nudie (plural nudies)

1. (often attributive) Entertainment involving naked people, especially women.
   • 2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone:

     Over the following decades, the magazine published nude photos of its Playboy Bunnies along with shots of stars Pamela Anderson, Kate Moss, Madonna and Cindy Crawford. But Hefner envisioned Playboy as more than a nudie magazine.

   • 2009 January 25, Ken Johnson, “The Image Is Erotic. But Is It Art?”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Playboy had recently become an object of mainstream popularity, a nudie magazine with literary content that smart men and women could peruse without embarrassment.

2. (informal) A nudist.
   • 2004 January 26, Stephen Crowley, “Birthday Suits”, in Loxie & Zoot‎^[2]:

     I'm worried the baby won't be a nudist ... we're nudies 'cos we're wearing our birthday suits […] what if the baby's born wearing clothes?

Adjective

nudie (not comparable)

1. (informal) Alternative spelling of nudy
   • 2014 May 19, Patricia Averill, “I Wish I were a Little—: Open Ended Songs”, in Camp Songs, Folk Songs, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 304:

     I wish I were a fishy in the sea
     I wish I were a fishy in the sea
     I'd go swimming in the nudie without my bathing suity
     Oh, I wish I were a fishy in the sea

Related terms

• nudie-cutie
• nudie run

See also

• Nudie suit

Anagrams

• Udine, indue, undie