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half-naked, a.
As nearly naked as clothed.
1483Cath. Angl. 171/1 Halfe naked. 1552Huloet, Halfe naked, seminudus. 1600Fairfax Tasso xx. xvi, This host with whom you must encounter now Are men half-naked. 1713Steele Guardian No. 52 ⁋11 The half-starved and half-naked beggars in your streets. 1828–40Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) I. 99 Half-naked..mountaineers. |