starkers
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of starkers
First recorded in 1905–10; stark-(naked) + -ers
Example Sentences
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Putin looks — how to put this nicely? — completely bonkers, or what the British call “starkers,” short for stark raving mad.
From Washington Post
She turned up, stripped and pottered out starkers to the room full of pensioners, only to be informed that this was not a life-drawing session and politely requested to put her clothes back on.
From The Guardian
“I’ll go starkers before I put that on,” said Ron stubbornly.
From Literature
The men and women admiring the koi pond and photographing the rose collection and making polite chit-chat with neighbors on the next picnic blanket over — all of them, starkers as the day they were born.
From Salon
You begin swiping through her sunshiny mementos — palm tree, cabana, palm tree, palm tree — when, suddenly, blammo: there’s your friend in her starkers.
From New York Times
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