stark naked en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English stert naked (steort nakt, sternaked, star naked); the first element is from Old English steort (“tail”). The change from "start-naked" to "stark-naked" was most likely by folk etymology due to a misinterpretation of the phrase as being a way of saying "starkly naked" ("strongly naked, harshly naked"). The opposite change has shifted buck naked to butt naked in colloquial modern English.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Completely naked.
Synonyms
Translations (32)
ja 真っ裸 (completely naked) · de fasernackt (completely naked) · fr à poil (completely naked) · mn ᠴᠢᠷᠠᠮᠠ ᠨᠢᠴᠦᢉᠦᠨ (completely naked) · ca conill (completely naked) · cy noethlymun (completely naked) · fi ilkosillaan (completely naked) · ro gol ca degetul (completely naked) · cmn 赤裸裸 (completely naked) · pt à pai Adão (completely naked) · ja 全裸 (completely naked) · de splitternackt (completely naked) · ga tarnocht (completely naked) · ro gol pușcă (completely naked) · es en bolas (completely naked) · de splitterfasernackt (completely naked) · id telanjang bulat (completely naked) · fi ilkialasti (completely naked) · ro gol nap (completely naked) · cmn 全裸 (completely naked) · fo spilnakin (completely naked) · mn ᠴᠢᠷᠠᠮᠠ ᠱᠠᠯᠳᠠᠩ (completely naked) · es en pelotas (completely naked) · es en cueros vivos (completely naked) · fi ilkosen alasti (completely naked) · ja 素っ裸 (completely naked) · mn чармаа шалдан (completely naked) · mn чармаа нүцгэн (completely naked) · fo heilt nakin (completely naked) · bg чисто гол (completely naked) · sv spritt språngande naken (completely naked) · fo blóðnakin (completely naked)