baresark

[bair-sahrk]

noun

1. Scandinavian Legend.,  a berserker.

adverb

1. without armor.

baresark

/ ˈbɛəˌsɑːk /

noun

1. another word for berserk

Word History and Origins

Origin of baresark¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of baresark¹

C19: literally: bare shirt

Example Sentences

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.

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

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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.

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

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

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