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seminaked en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English naked English seminaked From semi- + naked.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Almost naked, but still partially clothed
    • Baartman’s seminaked display left little to the imagination and reinforced England’s obsession with bottoms, both literally and figuratively. 2007 January 14, Caroline Elkins, “A Life Exposed”, in New York Times:

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