Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
NUDE
I. adjective (nuder; nudest) see: naked
Date: 1531
lacking something essential especially to legal validity ,
2. devoid of a natural or conventional covering, b. of the color of a white person's flesh, giving the appearance of nudity , featuring nudes , frequented by naked people , see: bare nude adverb nudely adverb nudeness noun nudity noun
II. noun
Date: 1708
1. a representation of a nude human figure, a nude person, the condition of being nude