stark-naked
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
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 )
Example Sentences
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From the steep Blue Mountains of the Great Dividing Range it speeds toward the stark-naked Nullarbor Plain.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Malvina, remembering who was primarily responsible for the deposition of her plaster angel, and the substitution of a stark-naked boy, found it impossible to regard the culprit with anything but marked disfavour.
From Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport by Nilsen, Anthon Bernhard Elias
Out on the street they may be found tumbling in the dirt, or up on the roof lying stark-naked, blinking in the sun—content with life as they find it.
From The Children of the Poor by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
On the contrary, the more he dwells on it, the more is he sensible of the danger—sees it in all its stark-naked reality.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
One was blind, the other lame, and the third stark-naked.
From Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Hunt, Margaret
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