Nudity, n.; pl. Nudities.
Etymology: [Cf. F. nudité .]
1. The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.
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. There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any more than in painting, to design and color obscene nudities. Dryden.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists nudity only as an antonym, under dress.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
none given