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
EleonÓRa-Hungarian
HansHAHNS (German, Dutch)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Attilaə-TIL-ə (English)History, Hungarian
Tejal-Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Fotini-Greek
Antonin-French