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stark-naked

[ stahrk-ney-kid ]

/ ˈstɑrkˈneɪ kɪd /

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adjective

absolutely naked.

Origin of stark-naked

1520–30; stark + naked; replacing start-naked ( start, Middle English; Old English steort tail; cognate with Dutch staart, Old High German sterz, Old Norse stertr)

Words nearby stark-naked

stargaze, stargazer, stark, stark effect, stark raving mad, stark-naked, starker, starkers, starkey, starkville, starlet

Example sentences from the Web for stark-naked

Stark-naked vivid little gipsies, as active as monkeys and as full of chatter, though a little wanting in words.

Tales of Space and Time |Herbert George Wells
The stark-naked men jumped along the route, waving their clubs, crying gutturally in a way the beasts seemed to understand.

The Secret of the Night |Gaston Leroux
And in this wise they arose: stark-naked all of them, only their weapons in their hands.

The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tin B Calnge |Unknown
When it rains they are covered by their mats, but, as they are all stark-naked, the rain can do them no harm.

Great African Travellers |W.H.G. Kingston

Some say that, during the ceremony, the women are stark-naked.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar Thurston

British Dictionary definitions for stark-naked

stark-naked

adjective

completely naked Informal word: (postpositive) starkers (ˈstɑːkəz)

Word Origin for stark-naked

C13 stert naket, literally: tail naked; stert, from Old English steort tail; related to Old Norse stertr tail + naked