stark-naked
[
stahrk
-
ney
-kid]
/ˈstɑrkˈneɪ kɪd/
adjective
1.
absolutely naked.
Origin
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
)
British Dictionary definitions for
stark-naked
stark-naked
adjective
1.
completely naked
Informal word
(
postpositive
)
starkers
(
ˈstɑːkəz
)
Word Origin
C13
stert naket
, literally: tail naked;
stert
, from Old English
steort
tail; related to Old Norse
stertr
tail +
naked