adamsdrakt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Adam +‎ -s- +‎ drakt (“outfit”), literally “Adam's outfit”, referring to how Adam and Eve, the progenitors of the human race in Abrahamic religions, were naked in the Garden of Eden.

Noun

adamsdrakt f (definite singular adamsdrakta, indefinite plural adamsdrakter, definite plural adamsdraktene)

1. (idiomatic) nakedness, nudity

   Synonym: nakenskap

See also

• i adamsdrakt, i Adams drakt, i adams drakt

References

• “adamsdrakt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.