stark-naked

[ stahrk-ney-kid ]

adjective

1. absolutely naked.

stark-naked

adjective

1. completely naked Informal wordpostpositivestarkersˈstɑːkəz

Word History and Origins

Origin of stark-naked¹

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 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of stark-naked¹

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

Example Sentences

A meaty neigh came out of the man before him, stark naked and on all fours.

From The Daily Beast

But the scene, which shows both actors stark naked and appearing to have sex, was merely the result of excellent acting.

From The Daily Beast

Their own mothers would hardly know them—burnt black with the sun, in rags or else stark naked, with pipes in their mouths.

From Project Gutenberg

They stripped us stark naked, and the files were found in the bands of our trowsers through which the string that ties them runs.

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By some freak the shell which killed the German had stripped him stark naked down to his boots.

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Jemmy was subject to temporary fits of insanity, in one of which he stripped himself stark naked and ran all round Rawcliffe.

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"You lay dar spectin de Lord to send you mo, und you will be stark naked as a picked ginny hen," said Hannah.

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