2. That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed
portion; esp. (Fine Arts), the human figure represented unclothed; any
representation of nakedness; -- chiefly used in the plural and in a bad
sense.
There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any more than in
painting, to design and color obscene nudities.
Dryden.
||Nu"dum pac"tum (?). [L., a nude pact.] (Law) A bare, naked contract,
||without any consideration. Tomlins.
Nu*gac"i*ty (?), n. [L. nugacitas, fr. nugax, -acis, trifling.]
Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery. [R.] Dr. H. More.
||Nu"gæ (?), n. pl. [L.] Trifles; jests.
Nu*ga"tion (?), n. [Cf. OF. nugation.] The act or practice of trifling.
[R.] Bacon.
Nu"ga*to*ry (?), a. [L. nugatorius, fr. nugari to trifle, nugae jests,
trifles.]