denude
/dɪˈnjuːd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To remove (something or someone) of their possessions or assets.
Example Sentences
- "He denuded himself of his clothes."
- "Widespread deforestation has led to lands being denuded."
- "But King Piko had been long harassed with the thought, that the unobstructed and indefinite increase of his browsing subjects might eventually denude of herbage his portion of the island."
- "They not only visit adultery on the guilty man himself by beating him, but the men proceed en masse to the house of his parents and denude it of all furniture, stores of grain, and merchandise."
- "Their property was seized, denuded and confiscated."
- "The service was denuded of its capacity to deliver."
Etymology
From Middle French dénuder, from Latin dēnūdāre, from dē- + nūdus (“bare”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: dénuder, denudo