skyclad

• sky-clad

From sky +‎ clad, indicating that the person in question is clad only in the sky. Attested from early 20th century England, it is partially a calque of Sanskrit दिगम्बर (digambara, “having all (=ten) quarters of the globe as one's only clothing, i.e., naked”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaɪ.klæd/

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skyclad (not comparable)

1. Belonging to the Digambara school of Jainism.
2. (poetic or paganism) Nude, naked, especially when outdoors.
   • 1989, Ken Radford, Fire Burn, page 135:

     There he stood, sky-clad, smearing witch's ointment all over.