starkers

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) /ˈstɑːkəz/, /"stA:k@z/
• (US) enPR: stärʹkərz, IPA: /ˈstɑrkɚz/, SAMPA: /"stArk@`z/

[edit] Adjective

starkers (not comparable)

1. (chiefly British, slang) completely nude, naked from top to toe.

   Entering the bathroom, I found Bill there, still starkers after his bath.

[edit] Synonyms

• bare
• bare-balls
• butt-naked
• in one's birthday suit
• in the bare
• in the nuddy
• in the nude
• naked
• naked as the day one was born
• nude
• undressed

[edit] Antonyms

• dressed

[edit] Related terms

• stark bollock naked
• stark naked

[edit] Translations

• Dutch: spiernaakt nl(nl), moedernaakt, puitebloot
• French: nu comme un ver fr(fr)
• German: splitternackt

[edit] References

• “starkers” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 [1]