birthday suit

Nakedness, as in The doorbell rang, and here I was in my birthday suit. In 18th-century Britain this term originally referred to the clothes one wore on the king's birthday. Later it was jocularly transferred to bare skin, alluding to the condition of a newborn baby.

birthday suit

Wearing no clothes. People said to be in their birthday suit are as naked as the day they were born.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Magdalene	mahk-dah-LE-nə (German), MAG-də-lən (English), MAG-də-leen (English)	German, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Tzipporah	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Aristaios	-	Greek Mythology
Evdokiya	yev-dah-KEE-yah (Russian), eev-dah-KEE-yah (Russian)	Bulgarian, Russian
Verdandi	-	Norse Mythology
Lawrence	['lɔrəns]