starkers

English

Etymology

"naked": British slang, from 1923, combining (like a popular etymology) two meanings of stark (“strong, utterly; barren”) with stark naked, which is from Old English steort (“tail”), referring to the tail-end (as in butt-naked).
"crazy": stark (“shortening of stark raving mad”) +‎ -ers

Pronunciation

(RP) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑːkəz/
(US) enPR: stärʹkərz, IPA^(key): /ˈstɑɹkɚz/
Audio (UK) (file)

Adjective

starkers (not comparable)

(chiefly UK, slang) Completely nude.
Entering the bathroom, I found Bill there, still starkers after his bath.
(informal) Stark raving mad.

Synonyms

see Thesaurus:nude

Antonyms

dressed

Derived terms

Harry starkers

Related terms

stark bollock naked

Translations

completely nude — see also stark naked

Dutch: spiernaakt (nl), moedernaakt (nl), puitebloot
French: à poil (fr)
German: splitternackt (de)
Greek: τσίτσιδος (el) (tsítsidos)
Japanese: すっぽんぽん (ja) (supponpon)
Polish: goły jak święty turecki (pl), golusieńki (pl), w czym Pan Bóg stworzył, w stroju Adama (pl)
Swedish: spritt språngande naken, nakenfis (sv)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “stark”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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