[Ads-l] Antedating of "Nudist"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Dec 6 22:37:30 UTC 2014


nudist (OED 1926, as noun 1929)



1925 _Boston Daily Globe_ 20 Sept. C8 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  Thus it can be seen that the nudists have some scientific backing for their actions.



Fred Shapiro

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