“denuded”

denude [dɪˈnjuːd]

vb (tr)

1. to divest of covering; make bare; uncover; strip

2. (Geological) to expose (rock) by erosion

3. (Medical) to divest of a covering, as myelin

I recently saw the word “denuded” in a book I was reading. It means what I thought it meant, but I immediately thought that it ought to mean the opposite. You know, nude...denude. Sounds like the opposite, right?

Language is odd sometimes.