nudish

nudish

English

Etymology

nude +‎ -ish

Adjective

nudish (not comparable)

1. More or less nude; wearing very few clothes.
   • 1928, Dell Leigh, On the Line (page 75)

     I bumped into a nudish figure round a corner who informed the Agent in a disgusted voice that “someone'as bin an' pinched a raincoat o' mine; they aren't 'arf nippy, give yer my word.”

   • 1950, Tomorrow (volume 10, page 10)

     One injured editor recently defended a recent jacket of a nudish girl by saying: “We don't show the nipples — she's got on no less than they wear in nightclubs!”