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naked (adj.)

Old English nacod "nude, unclothed, bare; empty," also "not fully clothed" (a sense still used in 18c.),  from Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz (source also of Old Frisian nakad, Middle Dutch naket, Dutch naakt, Old High German nackot, German nackt, Old Norse nökkviðr, Old Swedish nakuþer, Gothic naqaþs "naked"), from PIE root *nogw- "naked" (source also of Sanskrit nagna, Hittite nekumant-, Old Persian *nagna-, Greek gymnos, Latin nudus, Lithuanian nuogas, Old Church Slavonic nagu-, Russian nagoi, Old Irish nocht, Welsh noeth "bare, naked").

Of things, "without the usual or customary covering" (of a sword, etc.), from Old English. Applied to qualities, actions, etc., "mere, pure, open to view, unconcealed," from c. 1200; phrase the naked truth is from early 15c. Phrase naked as a jaybird (1943) was earlier naked as a robin (1879, in a Shropshire context); Middle English had naked as a worm (mid-14c.), naked as a needle (late 14c.). Naked eye "the eye unassisted by any instrument" is from 1660s, an unnecessary term before telescopes and microscopes.

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Definitions of naked from WordNet

naked (adj.)
completely unclothed;
naked from the waist up
Synonyms: bare / au naturel / nude
naked (adj.)
having no protecting or concealing cover; "naked to mine enemies"- Shakespeare;
Synonyms: defenseless
naked (adj.)
(of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument;
visible to the naked eye
naked (adj.)
devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure;
naked ambition
Synonyms: raw
naked (adj.)
lacking any cover;
lie on the naked rock
naked branches of the trees
From wordnet.princeton.edu