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Jun 2, 2004

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Loanwords from French

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causerie
dernier cri
au naturel
bouleversement
entente

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au naturel

adjective:
1. Uncooked or cooked plainly.
2. Nude.
3. In the natural state.

[From French au naturel (in the natural state).]

"As the author of Raw: The Uncook Book, the bible of raw-foodists everywhere, Brotman has established himself as a guru in the art of serving food as au naturel as possible."
Peta Bee; Chuck Out Your Oven; The Times (London, UK); Feb 27, 2003.

"Increasingly, people are choosing 'green graves' - being buried au naturel amid the fields, forests and even the waters of the seas."
Thinking Outside the Box; Better Nutrition (Atlanta, Georgia); Feb 2003.

See more usage examples of au naturel in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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