"stark" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /stɑɹk/ [General-American], /stɑːk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-stark.ogg [US] Forms: starker [comparative], starkest [superlative]
enPR: stärk Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k Etymology: From Middle English stark, starc, from Old English stearc, starc (“stiff, rigid, unyielding, obstinate, hard, strong, severe, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *stark, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz (“stiff, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“rigid, stiff”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian sterc (“strong”), Dutch sterk (“strong”), Low German sterk (“strong”), German stark (“strong”), Danish stærk (“strong”), Swedish stark (“strong”), Norwegian sterk (“strong”), Icelandic sterkur (“strong”). Related to starch. In the phrase stark naked: an alternation of Middle English stert naked, from stert (“tail”), a literal parallel to the modern butt naked. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stark}} Middle English stark, {{m|enm|starc}} starc, {{inh|en|ang|stearc}} Old English stearc, {{m|ang|starc|t=stiff, rigid, unyielding, obstinate, hard, strong, severe, violent}} starc (“stiff, rigid, unyielding, obstinate, hard, strong, severe, violent”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*stark}} Proto-West Germanic *stark, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*starkuz|t=stiff, strong}} Proto-Germanic *starkuz (“stiff, strong”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)terg-|t=rigid, stiff}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“rigid, stiff”), {{cog|stq|sterc||strong}} Saterland Frisian sterc (“strong”), {{cog|nl|sterk||strong}} Dutch sterk (“strong”), {{cog|nds|sterk||strong}} Low German sterk (“strong”), {{cog|de|stark||strong}} German stark (“strong”), {{cog|da|stærk||strong}} Danish stærk (“strong”), {{cog|sv|stark||strong}} Swedish stark (“strong”), {{cog|no|sterk||strong}} Norwegian sterk (“strong”), {{cog|is|sterkur||strong}} Icelandic sterkur (“strong”), {{l|en|starch}} starch, {{m|en|stark naked}} stark naked, {{m+|enm|stert naked}} Middle English stert naked, {{m|enm|stert|t=tail}} stert (“tail”), {{m|en|butt naked}} butt naked Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} stark (comparative starker, superlative starkest)
  1. (obsolete) Hard, firm; obdurate. Tags: obsolete Translations ((obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate): вкочанен (vkočanen) (Bulgarian), tvrdý [masculine] (Czech), zatvrzelý [masculine] (Czech), kova (Finnish), duro (Italian), nudo (Italian), crudo (Italian), dur (Occitan), twardy [masculine] (Polish), sztywny [masculine] (Polish), dur [masculine] (Romanian), crud [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-stark-en-adj-KtrXVJMK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 16 2 22 13 0 0 18 9 Disambiguation of '(obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate': 83 6 3 6 2 0 0
  2. Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather). Translations (severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)): krutý [masculine] (Czech), nepříznivý [masculine] (Czech), bouřlivý [masculine] (Czech), ankara (Finnish), karu (Finnish), streng (German), violento (Italian), furioso (Italian), sterk (Norwegian), gwałtowny (Polish), violent (Romanian), drastic (Romanian), severo (Spanish), duro (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stark-en-adj-4ll2iIzp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 16 2 22 13 0 0 18 9 Disambiguation of 'severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)': 3 92 1 2 2 0 0
  3. (poetic, literary or archaic) Strong; vigorous; powerful. Tags: archaic, literary, poetic Translations ((archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful): mocný [masculine] (Czech), silný [masculine] (Czech), stærk [common-gender] (Danish), sterk (Dutch), sterkur [masculine] (Faroese), vahva (Finnish), väkevä (Finnish), inflessibile (Italian), forte (Italian), gagliardo (Italian), robusto (Italian), poderós (Occitan), vigorós (Occitan), duradouro [masculine] (Portuguese), vigoroso [masculine] (Portuguese), puternic [masculine] (Romanian), viguros [masculine] (Romanian), silný [masculine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-stark-en-adj-08-V29kc Disambiguation of '(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful': 4 1 91 2 2 0 0
  4. Stiff, rigid. Translations (stiff, rigid): скован (skovan) (Bulgarian), tuhý [masculine] (Czech), jäykkä (Finnish), kankea (Finnish), steif (German), rigido (Italian), stecchito (Italian), rigid [masculine] (Romanian), rígido (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stark-en-adj-aI53Furi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 16 2 22 13 0 0 18 9 Disambiguation of 'stiff, rigid': 6 3 1 89 1 0 0
  5. Plain in appearance; barren, desolate. Translations (hard in appearance; barren, desolate): гол (gol) (Bulgarian), пуст (pust) (Bulgarian), aspre (Catalan), pustý [masculine] (Czech), karu (Finnish), desolato (Italian), aspro (Italian), selvaggio (Italian), aspru [masculine] (Romanian), dezolant [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-stark-en-adj-qKNB-ogw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 16 2 22 13 0 0 18 9 Disambiguation of 'hard in appearance; barren, desolate': 9 6 1 3 81 0 0
  6. Naked.
    Sense id: en-stark-en-adj-siLG6gb6
  7. Complete, absolute, full. Translations (complete, absolute, full): пълен (pǎlen) (Bulgarian), абсолютен (absoljuten) (Bulgarian), 完全的 (Chinese Mandarin), naprostý [masculine] (Czech), täysi (Finnish), tosi (Finnish), völlig (German), ganz (German), total (German), assoluto (Italian), completo (Italian), totale (Italian), bell'e buono (Italian), puro e semplice (Italian), vero e proprio (Italian), total [masculine] (Romanian), absolut [masculine] (Romanian), absoluto (Spanish), completo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stark-en-adj-mLWsV1Hl Disambiguation of 'complete, absolute, full': 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: starken, starkly, starkness
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /stɑɹk/ [General-American], /stɑːk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-stark.ogg [US]
enPR: stärk Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k Etymology: From Middle English stark, starc, from Old English stearc, starc (“stiff, rigid, unyielding, obstinate, hard, strong, severe, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *stark, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz (“stiff, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“rigid, stiff”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian sterc (“strong”), Dutch sterk (“strong”), Low German sterk (“strong”), German stark (“strong”), Danish stærk (“strong”), Swedish stark (“strong”), Norwegian sterk (“strong”), Icelandic sterkur (“strong”). Related to starch. In the phrase stark naked: an alternation of Middle English stert naked, from stert (“tail”), a literal parallel to the modern butt naked. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stark}} Middle English stark, {{m|enm|starc}} starc, {{inh|en|ang|stearc}} Old English stearc, {{m|ang|starc|t=stiff, rigid, unyielding, obstinate, hard, strong, severe, violent}} starc (“stiff, rigid, unyielding, obstinate, hard, strong, severe, violent”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*stark}} Proto-West Germanic *stark, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*starkuz|t=stiff, strong}} Proto-Germanic *starkuz (“stiff, strong”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)terg-|t=rigid, stiff}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“rigid, stiff”), {{cog|stq|sterc||strong}} Saterland Frisian sterc (“strong”), {{cog|nl|sterk||strong}} Dutch sterk (“strong”), {{cog|nds|sterk||strong}} Low German sterk (“strong”), {{cog|de|stark||strong}} German stark (“strong”), {{cog|da|stærk||strong}} Danish stærk (“strong”), {{cog|sv|stark||strong}} Swedish stark (“strong”), {{cog|no|sterk||strong}} Norwegian sterk (“strong”), {{cog|is|sterkur||strong}} Icelandic sterkur (“strong”), {{l|en|starch}} starch, {{m|en|stark naked}} stark naked, {{m+|enm|stert naked}} Middle English stert naked, {{m|enm|stert|t=tail}} stert (“tail”), {{m|en|butt naked}} butt naked Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} stark (not comparable)
  1. starkly; entirely, absolutely Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: stark bollock naked, stark raving mad, stark staring mad Translations (starkly; entirely, absolutely): напълно (napǎlno) (Bulgarian), úplně (Czech), naprosto (Czech), dočista (Czech), täysin (Finnish), tout (French), völlig (German), total (German), absolut (Romanian), în întregime (Romanian), completamente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stark-en-adv-X2Cfz4Ds Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 16 2 22 13 0 0 18 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /stɑɹk/ [General-American], /stɑːk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-stark.ogg [US] Forms: starks [present, singular, third-person], starking [participle, present], starked [participle, past], starked [past]
enPR: stärk Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k Etymology: From Middle English starken, from Old English stearcian (“to stiffen, become hard, grow stiff or hard”), from Proto-Germanic *starkōną, *starkēną (“to stiffen, become hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“rigid, stiff”). Cognate with German erstarken (“to strengthen”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|starken}} Middle English starken, {{inh|en|ang|stearcian||to stiffen, become hard, grow stiff or hard}} Old English stearcian (“to stiffen, become hard, grow stiff or hard”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*starkōną}} Proto-Germanic *starkōną, {{m|gem-pro|*starkēną||to stiffen, become hard}} *starkēną (“to stiffen, become hard”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)terg-||rigid, stiff}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“rigid, stiff”), {{cog|de|erstarken||to strengthen}} German erstarken (“to strengthen”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} stark (third-person singular simple present starks, present participle starking, simple past and past participle starked)
  1. (obsolete or dialect) To stiffen. Tags: dialectal, obsolete Related terms: starkish, starkly, starkers
    Sense id: en-stark-en-verb-ymPWgQt6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for stark meaning in English (26.2kB)

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          "word": "ankara"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
          "word": "karu"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
          "word": "streng"
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          "_dis1": "3 92 1 2 2 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
          "word": "violento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 92 1 2 2 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
          "word": "furioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 92 1 2 2 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
          "word": "sterk"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
          "word": "gwałtowny"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 92 1 2 2 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
          "word": "drastic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 92 1 2 2 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
          "word": "severo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 92 1 2 2 0 0",
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        }
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        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
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          "Strong",
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        ],
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          "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 91 2 2 0 0",
          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "fo",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sterkur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 91 2 2 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 91 2 2 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
          "word": "väkevä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 91 2 2 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
          "word": "inflessibile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 91 2 2 0 0",
          "code": "it",
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          "word": "forte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 91 2 2 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
          "word": "gagliardo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 91 2 2 0 0",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 91 2 2 0 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 91 2 2 0 0",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "4 1 91 2 2 0 0",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "4 1 91 2 2 0 0",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 91 2 2 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "silný"
        }
      ]
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
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        [
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        [
          "rigid",
          "rigid"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 89 1 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skovan",
          "sense": "stiff, rigid",
          "word": "скован"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 89 1 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "stiff, rigid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tuhý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 89 1 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "stiff, rigid",
          "word": "jäykkä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 89 1 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "stiff, rigid",
          "word": "kankea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 89 1 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "stiff, rigid",
          "word": "steif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 89 1 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "stiff, rigid",
          "word": "rigido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 89 1 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "stiff, rigid",
          "word": "stecchito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 89 1 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "stiff, rigid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rigid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 3 1 89 1 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "stiff, rigid",
          "word": "rígido"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "20 16 2 22 13 0 0 18 9",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
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        {
          "text": "I picked my way forlornly through the stark, sharp rocks.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Plain in appearance; barren, desolate."
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        [
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          "plain"
        ],
        [
          "barren",
          "barren"
        ],
        [
          "desolate",
          "desolate"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "9 6 1 3 81 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gol",
          "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
          "word": "гол"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 6 1 3 81 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pust",
          "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
          "word": "пуст"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 6 1 3 81 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
          "word": "aspre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 6 1 3 81 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pustý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 6 1 3 81 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
          "word": "karu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 6 1 3 81 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
          "word": "desolato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 6 1 3 81 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
          "word": "aspro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 6 1 3 81 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
          "word": "selvaggio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 6 1 3 81 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aspru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 6 1 3 81 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        ]
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        {
          "text": "I screamed in stark terror.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "A flower was growing, in stark contrast, out of the sidewalk.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "1689 (first published posthumously), John Selden, Table-Talk\nRhetoric is very good or stark naught; there's no medium in rhetoric."
        }
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        "Complete, absolute, full."
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        [
          "Complete",
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        ],
        [
          "absolute",
          "absolute"
        ],
        [
          "full",
          "full"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
          "code": "bg",
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          "word": "пълен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
          "word": "абсолютен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "完全的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "naprostý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "tosi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
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          "word": "völlig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
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          "word": "ganz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
          "word": "total"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "assoluto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
          "word": "completo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "totale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
          "word": "bell'e buono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
          "word": "puro e semplice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
          "word": "vero e proprio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "total"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
          "word": "absoluto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100",
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        }
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      "ipa": "/stɑɹk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/stɑːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)k"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "stock (non-rhotic with father-bother merger)"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-stark.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/En-us-stark.ogg/En-us-stark.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/En-us-stark.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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      "enpr": "stärk"
    }
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}

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      "args": {
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      "name": "m"
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      "name": "m"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "sterk",
        "3": "",
        "4": "strong"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "strong"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "strong"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "strong"
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      "expansion": "Danish stærk (“strong”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "stark",
        "3": "",
        "4": "strong"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "sterk",
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        "4": "strong"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "strong"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "starch"
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      "expansion": "starch",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "stark naked"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English stert naked",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "stert",
        "t": "tail"
      },
      "expansion": "stert (“tail”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "butt naked"
      },
      "expansion": "butt naked",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English stark, starc, from Old English stearc, starc (“stiff, rigid, unyielding, obstinate, hard, strong, severe, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *stark, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz (“stiff, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“rigid, stiff”).\nCognate with Saterland Frisian sterc (“strong”), Dutch sterk (“strong”), Low German sterk (“strong”), German stark (“strong”), Danish stærk (“strong”), Swedish stark (“strong”), Norwegian sterk (“strong”), Icelandic sterkur (“strong”). Related to starch.\nIn the phrase stark naked: an alternation of Middle English stert naked, from stert (“tail”), a literal parallel to the modern butt naked.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "20 16 2 22 13 0 0 18 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "stark bollock naked"
        },
        {
          "word": "stark raving mad"
        },
        {
          "word": "stark staring mad"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "He's gone stark, staring mad.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "She was just standing there, stark naked.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad",
          "text": "… That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. …",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        ]
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      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "napǎlno",
          "sense": "starkly; entirely, absolutely",
          "word": "напълно"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "starkly; entirely, absolutely",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "code": "es",
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      "ipa": "/stɑːk/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)k"
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    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "English terms with homophones",
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      "word": "starken"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "glosses": [
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          "text": "I screamed in stark terror.",
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        },
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          "text": "A flower was growing, in stark contrast, out of the sidewalk.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "1689 (first published posthumously), John Selden, Table-Talk\nRhetoric is very good or stark naught; there's no medium in rhetoric."
        }
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        "Complete, absolute, full."
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          "absolute",
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          "full",
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        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/stɑːk/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)k"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "вкочанен"
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      "sense": "(obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tvrdý"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kova"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "duro"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate",
      "word": "nudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate",
      "word": "crudo"
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      "sense": "(obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate",
      "word": "dur"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "sztywny"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "(obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dur"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "(obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krutý"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nepříznivý"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
      "word": "ankara"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
      "word": "karu"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
      "word": "streng"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
      "word": "violento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
      "word": "furioso"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
      "word": "sterk"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
      "word": "gwałtowny"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "word": "violent"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)",
      "word": "severo"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "word": "duro"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mocný"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "silný"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "stærk"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "word": "sterk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sterkur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "word": "vahva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "word": "väkevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "word": "inflessibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "word": "forte"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "word": "gagliardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "word": "robusto"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "word": "poderós"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "word": "vigorós"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duradouro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vigoroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puternic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viguros"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "silný"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gol",
      "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
      "word": "гол"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pust",
      "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
      "word": "пуст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
      "word": "aspre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pustý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
      "word": "karu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
      "word": "desolato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
      "word": "aspro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
      "word": "selvaggio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aspru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hard in appearance; barren, desolate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dezolant"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skovan",
      "sense": "stiff, rigid",
      "word": "скован"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "stiff, rigid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuhý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stiff, rigid",
      "word": "jäykkä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stiff, rigid",
      "word": "kankea"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stiff, rigid",
      "word": "steif"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stiff, rigid",
      "word": "rigido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stiff, rigid",
      "word": "stecchito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "stiff, rigid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rigid"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stiff, rigid",
      "word": "rígido"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎlen",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "пълен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "absoljuten",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "абсолютен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "完全的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naprostý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "täysi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "tosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "völlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "ganz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "total"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "assoluto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "completo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "totale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "bell'e buono"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "puro e semplice"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "vero e proprio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "total"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "absolut"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "absoluto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "complete, absolute, full",
      "word": "completo"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
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    {
      "word": "stark bollock naked"
    },
    {
      "word": "stark raving mad"
    },
    {
      "word": "stark staring mad"
    }
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Low German sterk (“strong”)",
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      "expansion": "German stark (“strong”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      "expansion": "Danish stærk (“strong”)",
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "sterkur",
        "3": "",
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      "args": {
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      "name": "l"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "stark naked",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "stert naked"
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      "expansion": "Middle English stert naked",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      },
      "expansion": "stert (“tail”)",
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "butt naked",
      "name": "m"
    }
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  "pos": "adv",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "He's gone stark, staring mad.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "She was just standing there, stark naked.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad",
          "text": "… That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. …",
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        }
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          "starkly"
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      "ipa": "/stɑɹk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/stɑːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)k"
    },
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      "homophone": "stock (non-rhotic with father-bother merger)"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-stark.ogg",
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      "enpr": "stärk"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "napǎlno",
      "sense": "starkly; entirely, absolutely",
      "word": "напълно"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "starkly; entirely, absolutely",
      "word": "úplně"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "starkly; entirely, absolutely",
      "word": "naprosto"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "starkly; entirely, absolutely",
      "word": "dočista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "starkly; entirely, absolutely",
      "word": "täysin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "starkly; entirely, absolutely",
      "word": "tout"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "starkly; entirely, absolutely",
      "word": "völlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "starkly; entirely, absolutely",
      "word": "total"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "starkly; entirely, absolutely",
      "word": "absolut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "starkly; entirely, absolutely",
      "word": "în întregime"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "starkly; entirely, absolutely",
      "word": "completamente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stark"
}

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    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to strengthen"
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      "expansion": "German erstarken (“to strengthen”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "starks",
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        "present",
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      "form": "starking",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "starked",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "starkish"
    },
    {
      "word": "starkly"
    },
    {
      "word": "starkers"
    }
  ],
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      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
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        "To stiffen."
      ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete or dialect) To stiffen."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/stɑɹk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/stɑːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)k"
    },
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      "homophone": "stock (non-rhotic with father-bother merger)"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-stark.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/En-us-stark.ogg/En-us-stark.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/En-us-stark.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "stärk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stark"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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