Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unclothed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: un-clothed
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not wearing clothes; nude or naked; with the clothes removed; stripped.

verb

simple past and past participle of unclothe

Example Sentences

"Phuc was photographed aged nine as she ran, unclothed and screaming in agony, after napalm was dropped by a South Vietnamese Skyraider attack aircraft."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English clothe Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English clothed English unclothed From un- + clothed.

Inflected Forms

more unclothed (comparative) most unclothed (superlative) uncloathed (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

unclothedness

Rhymes With

clothed betrothed

Questions

What does unclothed mean?: Not wearing clothes; nude or naked; with the clothes removed; stripped.
Where does unclothed come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English clothe Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English clothed English unclothed From un- + clothed.

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