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▪ I. unˈclad, ppl. a. [un-1 8 b. Cf. MDu. ongecleet (Du. ongekleed), MHG. ungekleidet, -kleit, ON. and Icel. ú-, óklæddr (Norw. uklædd, MSw. and Sw. oklädd, Da. uklædt).] Not clad or clothed; undressed; naked.
c1420Avow. Arth. liv, Qwenne ho se him vnclad, Then the lady wex drede. 1500Ortus Vocab. (W. de W.) S viij b, Inuestitus, vncladde. 1531Elyot Gov. ii. xii, He was a shamed to approche nigh to it, beinge in so simple astate and unklad. 1647Hexham i, Vnclothed or unclad, ontkleedt. 1761Glover Medea i. i, Creon knows, thy altar Unclad with garlands still proclaims thy firmness Against his daughter's marriage. 1768Murphy Desert Isl. ii, That I may sit, With unclad sides, upon some blasted heath. 1827Pollok Course T. ix. 1095 Decrepit, withered wretch, unhoused, unclad. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. xiv. ix. VI. 601 Men, women, rose unclad from their tombs. ▪ II. unclad pa. tense and pple. of unclead v. |