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baresark

American  
[bair-sahrk] / ˈbɛər sɑrk /

noun

  1. Scandinavian Legend.  a berserker.


adverb

  1. without armor.

baresark British  
/ ˈbɛəˌsɑːk /

noun

  1. another word for berserk

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Etymology

Origin of baresark

1830–40; variant of berserk, as if bare 1 + sark

Example Sentences

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Every Bounding Brother and baresark man of the gipsy camp had the same smile on his face, the boxer's smile when he gives or takes punishment.

From Project Gutenberg

Then a sort of Baresark madness came over him, and he sprang upon me like a fiend.

From Project Gutenberg

The product of a three-year effort and a paltry $150,000, it is one of the best films thus far of the brave new underworld of the skindiver, where the actors are all baresark and the dialogue is in bubbles.

From Time Magazine Archive

They fought baresark, interlocked and silent, spinning from side to side of the room.

From Project Gutenberg

If you seek a historic band of bad men, fighting men of the bitterest Baresark type, look at the immortal defenders of the Alamo.

From Project Gutenberg