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Definition of Mother-naked
1. Adjective. As naked as at birth.
Similar to: Unclothed
Definition of Mother-naked
1. Adjective. (archaic) Naked as when born. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mother-naked
Literary usage of Mother-naked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"mother-naked, completely naked, as when born of his mother. ... exposed to all
weathers ; would run about mother-naked for near an hour in a frosty morning. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"mother-naked, stark-naked, utterly naked ; as naked as the new-born babe at the
moment of birth. This word, though a compound of two English ones, ..."
3. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, George Lyman Kittredge (1884)
"40 ' They 'll shape me in your arms, Janet, A dove but and a swan, And last
they 'll shape me in your arms A mother-naked man ; Cast your green mantle over ..."
4. Gypsy Folk-tales by Francis Hindes Groome (1899)
"So she says, 'You'1l hev to go an' 'stry her in de Hundert Mile Wood, an' strip
her star'-mother-naked, an' bring back her clothes and her heart and pluck ..."
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