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birthday suit

noun

Definition of birthday suitnext
as in nudity
the state of having no clothes on one's body with all of the resort guests in their birthday suits, socioeconomic differences became invisible and irrelevant

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Recent Examples of birthday suit And then a couple more lounging in their birthday suits. — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026 Or even do gardening in your birthday suit? — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026 Jenner is no stranger to baring it all in the name of fashion, from freeing the nipple on the runway in a naked dress to ringing in her 30th birthday in nothing but her birthday suit during a tropical getaway. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 26 Jan. 2026 When things are about to get hot and heavy, Nielsen’s Drebin pulls tears off his suit to reveal…his birthday suit. — Barry Levitt, Time, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for birthday suit
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  1. nudity
  2. nude
Noun
  • Running for 12 seasons, spanning more than a decade, NYPD Blue was famous (and infamous) thanks to its many controversial topics and scenes of nudity.
    — Keith Langston, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
  • But even some of them might balk at its callow psychology and interminably dull plotting that no amount of gratuitous, unengaging violence or nudity can overcome.
    — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of nudity
Noun
  • For her final appearance of the night, heading to the members club Maison Estelle for a late dinner with friends, Kardashian returned to nude—but with considerably more sparkle.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Milky nude The minute there is a chill in the air, most people reach for dark lacquers.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of nude

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“Birthday suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthday%20suit. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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