skyclad

English

WOTD – 29 August 2012

Alternative forms

• sky-clad

Etymology

From sky +‎ clad, indicating that the person in question is clad only in the sky. Attested from early 20th century England, it is partially a calque of Sanskrit दिगम्बर (digambara, “having all (=ten) quarters of the globe as one's only clothing, i.e., naked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaɪ.klæd/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Adjective

skyclad (not comparable)

1. Belonging to the Digambara school of Jainism.
2. (poetic or paganism) Nude, naked, especially when outdoors.
   • 1989, Ken Radford, Fire Burn, page 135:

     There he stood, sky-clad, smearing witch's ointment all over.

Translations

nude — see nude

Digambara

• Hindi: दिगंबर (hi) (digambar)

naked outdoors

• Finnish: alasti (fi), skyclad
• Russian: го́лый (ru) (gólyj), наго́й (ru) (nagój), обнажённый (ru) (obnažónnyj)
• Spanish: vestido al cielo