birthday suit



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.
See also: birthday, suit

birthday suit

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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
WandaVAHN-dah (Polish), WAHN-də (English)Polish, English, German, French
Waldhar-Ancient Germanic
Partheniapar-THEE-nee-ə (English)Greek Mythology
Shikha-Indian, Hindi
Urbanooor-BAH-noItalian, Spanish
JozuaYO-zuy-ahDutch