stark naked

English

Etymology

Middle English [Term?]; the first element is from Old English steort (“tail”). The change from "start-naked" to "stark-naked" was most likelily due to a misinterpretation of the phrase as being a way of saying "starkly naked" ("strongly naked, harshly naked").

Adjective

stark naked (not comparable)

1. Completely naked

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:nude

Translations

completely naked

• Finnish: ilkosillaan (fi), ilkosen alasti (fi), ilkialasti
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• French: à poil (fr)