nake

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nake

  • /neɪk/

Rhymes with -eɪk

Where it comes from

From Middle English naken (“to nake”), from Old English nacian (“to bare, strip, make naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwōną (“to make naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷ- (“to make naked”). Cognate with Old Norse nǫkkva (“to bare, expose”). More at naked.

verb nakes · naking · naked

  1. Scotland To make naked; to bare. Come, be ready, nake your swords.

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