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denuder en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English denude Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English denuder From denude + -er.

Meanings

1. One who or that which strips something bare.
   • Humor is the great denuder of power in most cultures. As sexuality itself is often tamed through humor, a particularly dangerous or threatening form of sexual option will be met with an especially sharp and narrowly directed focus for wit. 1990, Sharon Rena Ullman, Broken Silences: Sex and Culture in Turn of the Century America:
2. Any device used to separate a gas from an aerosol.

Forms

Deriveds

thermodenuder