单词 | stark mad |
释义 | > as lemmasstark mad a. Modifying an adjective, esp. in stark mad; also (Nautical) stark calm. See also stark blind adj., stark dead adj., stark naked adj. and n., stark naught adj. and n.Recorded earliest in stark dead adj. and stark naked adj. (in origin an alteration of start naked adj.), and slightly later also in stark blind adj. (probably in origin an alteration of star-blind adj.1). In stark dead adj., stark perhaps originally had connotations of sense A. 5.The adverb is often hyphenated with the following adjective, esp. when used attributively. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly allOE allOE outlyOE thwert-outc1175 skerea1225 thoroughc1225 downrightc1275 purec1300 purelyc1300 faira1325 finelyc1330 quitec1330 quitelyc1330 utterlyc1374 outerlya1382 plainlya1382 straighta1387 allutterly1389 starkc1390 oultrelya1393 plata1393 barec1400 outrightc1400 incomparablyc1422 absolutely?a1425 simpliciter?a1425 staringa1425 quitementa1450 properlyc1450 directly1455 merec1475 incomparable1482 preciselyc1503 clean?1515 cleara1522 plain1535 merely1546 stark1553 perfectly1555 right-down1566 simply1574 flat1577 flatly1577 skire1581 plumb1588 dead?1589 rankly1590 stark1593 sheera1600 start1599 handsmooth1600 peremptory1601 sheerly1601 rank1602 utter1619 point-blank1624 proofa1625 peremptorily1626 downrightly1632 right-down1646 solid1651 clever1664 just1668 hollow1671 entirely1673 blank1677 even down1677 cleverly1696 uncomparatively1702 subtly1733 point1762 cussed1779 regularly1789 unqualifiedly1789 irredeemably1790 positively1800 cussedly1802 heart1812 proper1816 slick1818 blankly1822 bang1828 smack1828 pluperfectly1831 unmitigatedly1832 bodaciously1833 unredeemedly1835 out of sight1839 bodacious1845 regular1846 thoroughly1846 ingrainedly1869 muckinga1880 fucking1893 motherless1898 self1907 stone1928 sideways1956 terminally1974 c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 567 [He] Baar him doun of his hors and..strok him stark ded þat he sturede neuere. c1489 J. Skelton Dethe Erle of Northumberlande l. 50 in Poet. Wks. (1843) I. 8 I say, ye comoners, why wer ye so stark mad? 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xli. 274 Our religion is true, and yours starke false. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 63 They forced them sometimes to drincke wine..till they had made them starke drunke. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 150 Iwis hee mought haue spied a difference..betwene raging, and starke-madd. c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 52 Havinge somtimes most soden gustes and againe in a moment beinge starke becalmed. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 53 His horse..starke spoyl'd with the Staggers. View more context for this quotation 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 182 In the evening it grew starke calme. 1661 S. Pepys Diary 23 Apr. (1970) II. 87 We drank the King's health..till one of the genlemen fell down stark drunk and there lay. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 21 Going a fishing in a stark calm Morning. a1721 M. Prior Cromwell & Porter in Wks. (1907) II. 281 You may study among the Law givers without being stark wild about Ordinances and Proclamations. 1764 Dialogue containing Refl. 3 Puh! Puh! Puh! Mad indeed! Quite mad! Stark mad! What in the name of the D—l have we to do with Cato's, Sempronies's, or Syphax's. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 130 But every body was, for the moment, stark-mad on the subject of Porteous. 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 390 It fell stark calm. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 45 And, stark awake, with beating heart He put the hawthorn twigs apart. 1927 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 23 June 2/4 Ward's finish at the eighteenth hole, which denoted the exit of the champion, drove the gallery stark wild. 1988 A. Tyler Breathing Lessons (1989) ii. 139 The car is setting stark still. 2011 Wales on Sunday (Nexis) 30 Oct. 16 Just because a woman looks as though she shares her home with loads of cats, it doesn't necessarily mean she's stark mad. < as lemmas |
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