🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

탈의

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tar-ui

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Declothing/diːˈklʌʊðɪŋ/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #28400 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"신체 검사를 위해 탈의가 필요했습니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act or process of removing clothes or stripping garments from someone or oneself.

    "The rapid declothing of the patient was necessary before the emergency medical procedure."
  2. 2

    The stripping of protective coverings or outer layers from an object or structure.

    "The declothing of the industrial machinery revealed severe corrosion underneath."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English prefix 'de-' (denoting removal or reversal) combined with the gerund of 'clothe', tracing back to Old English 'clāthian'. The construction emerged in early modern English contexts to explicitly describe the deliberate act of stripping garments away.

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