"starkers" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈstɑːkəz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈstɑɹkɚz/ [US] Audio: En-uk-starkers.ogg
enPR: stärʹkərz [US] 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 Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stark|ers|t1=shortening of stark raving mad}} stark (“shortening of stark raving mad”) + -ers Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} starkers (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly British, slang) Completely nude. Tags: British, not-comparable, slang
    Sense id: en-starkers-en-adj-BxX13ITD Categories (other): British English
  2. (informal) Stark raving mad. Tags: informal, not-comparable Translations (completely nude — see also stark naked): spiernaakt (Dutch), moedernaakt (Dutch), puitebloot (Dutch), à poil (French), splitternackt (German), τσίτσιδος (tsítsidos) (Greek), すっぽんぽん (supponpon) (Japanese), goły jak święty turecki (Polish), golusieńki (Polish), w czym Pan Bóg stworzył (Polish), w stroju Adama (Polish), spritt språngande naken (Swedish), nakenfis (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-starkers-en-adj-bimn1-a4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of 'completely nude — see also stark naked': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nude Derived forms: Harry starkers Related terms: stark bollock naked
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          "word": "spiernaakt"
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          "word": "à poil"
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          "roman": "tsítsidos",
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      "word": "spiernaakt"
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      "sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
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      "sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
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      "word": "w czym Pan Bóg stworzył"
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      "word": "w stroju Adama"
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      "word": "spritt språngande naken"
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