stark nakedadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈstɑːk ˌneɪkᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌstɑrk ˈneɪkᵻd/

Forms: see stark adj. and adv. and naked adj. and n.¹

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: start naked adj.

Etymology: An alteration of start naked adj., after stark adv., perhaps by association with stark dead adj. Compare also slightly later stark blind adj., and see further discussion at stark adv. 2a.The isolated early use in quot. c1390 at sense A. 1 may perhaps echo stark adj. 5, i.e. ‘stiffly naked’ or ‘stiff and naked’ (although another manuscript reads simply all naked).

A. adj.

1. Of a person: completely without clothing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adjective]

nakedOE

bareOE

start nakedc1225

nakec1300

unarrayedc1380

clothelessc1386

mother-nakedc1390

stark nakedc1390

bareda1400

naked as a needlec1400

unattiredc1400

uncladc1400

uncoveredc1400

loose1423

unclothedc1440

belly-nakeda1500

naked as one's nail1563

unabuilyeit1568

sindonlessc1595

leathern1596

disarrayed1611

undressed1613

debaredc1620

unapparelled1622

unaccoutred?1750

stark1762

disrobed1794

ungarmented1798

undraped1814

au naturel1828

nude1830

skyclad1832

garbless1838

kitless1846

spar-naked1849

raimentless1852

undoffed1854

togless1857

garmentless1866

naked as a robin1866

clothesless1868

sky clothed1878

nakedized1885

altogether1896

buck naked1913

raw1916

bollock naked1922

starkers1923

starko1923

stitchless1927

naked as a jaybird1931

bollock1950

rollock naked1962

nekkid1977

kit-off1992

c1390 Charter Abbey Holy Ghost (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 361 (MED) Crist..heng stark-naked on þe rode-treo.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 842/1 Starke bely naked, tout fin mere nud... Starke naked, tout fin nud.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclvj They..left them starck naked.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 58 Rather on Nylus mudde Lay me starke-nak'd .

1686 T. Flatman Poems & Songs (ed. 4) 89 We must all without distinction die, And slumber both stark naked, He and I.

1738 G. Smith Curious Relations II. v. 77 These Robbers without Regard to Sect or Decency, stript all the Company stark naked.

1771 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) I. 474 Both sexes go stark-naked.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xvi. 44 The little children were running about among the huts, stark naked.

1881 Manch. Guardian 12 Oct. 6/7 They lived only upon macaroni, they walked about almost stark naked, and they slept at night under a tree.

1913 H. H. Johnston Pioneers Australasia vii. 227 These stark-naked savages.

1966 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz. 27 Oct. 6/8 If the neighbours could see you stark naked, they'd buy the drapes.

2011 T. J. Henderson Beyond Borders ii. 35 They were forced to march stark naked before medical inspectors.

2. figurative and in extended use. Bare, stripped down to essentials; without covering, ornament, or disguise; spec. (of a drink) unadulterated, without the addition of water; (of tea) without the addition of milk or sugar.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adjective] > unadulterated or undiluted

clean883

purea1393

uncorrumpeda1400

uncorrupted1541

sincere1557

stark naked?1594

undelayed1600

unsophisticated1630

entire1640

inadulterate1648

dephlegmated1651

neat1651

unalloyeda1672

intaminateda1695

undrossy1708

net1713

unadulterate1716

unsophistical1736

uncauponateda1752

undiluted1756

absolute1810

undefecated1812

unadulterated1823

undilute1876

undoctored1882

uncut1967

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated > not

untiffed?c1225

plainc1330

ungarnishedc1400

undecked1570

dudgeon?1589

stark naked?1594

unbepranked1594

unembellished1630

unadorned1637

unbecomed1646

unfringed1646

unplumed1646

unembroidered1649

unornamented1688

undecorateda1763

naked1850

unveneered1886

no-frill1933

no-frills1948

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > stripped or made bare

bared1382

bare1387

exutec1430

stark naked?1594

stripped1594

nudified1653

denudated1672

denuded1813

denudate1866

?1594 M. Drayton Peirs Gaueston sig. K3 The boystrous storms, dispoile the greenest greues, Stripping the Trees stark naked of their leaues.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 244 Therefore on, or strippe your sword starke naked .

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 268. ⁋9 I came to my Mistress's Toilet this Morning, for I am admitted when her Face is stark naked.

1765 H. Walpole Let. 25 Dec. in Corr. (1961) XXXI. 87 In the bedchamber is a piece of hanging behind and on each side of the bed; the rest of the room is stark naked.

1779 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 246 A great stark-naked new house on an eminence, without a morsel of anything green about it.

1823 Blackwoods Edinb. Mag. July 66 Spirits in all ways prepared, stark-naked, hot or cold watered.

1835 Morning Chron. 31 Aug. So applied, it is not merely a dangerous theory, it is stark-naked nonsense.

1895 in Dial. Notes (Amer. Dial. Soc.) (1896) 1 viii. 379 Naked, starknaked: of tea without milk or sugar,—pure, undiluted.

1958 Manch. Guardian 16 Dec. 6/3 In the woods a thick golden carpet of leaves surrounds the now stark-naked trees where few birds sing.

2004 M. Winter Big Why 30 We drank the tea stark naked—without milk or sugar. Tom Dobie poured the bacon fat into his mug and gulped it down.

2012 Afternoon Voice (Mumbai) (Nexis) 15 Dec. Sometimes the stark naked truth works better than the silly games, to let someone know how you actually feel about them.

B. n.

slang. Unadulterated spirit; esp. raw gin. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > neat spirits

stark naked1627

short1823

something short1823

1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. C1^v Their fare being many times shamrookes, oaten-bread, beanes and butter-milke, arm'd vpon starke naked, with a Dart or a Skeene.

1820 J. H. Reynolds Fancy 105 To take of Deady's bright stark naked A glass or so.

1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. iv. 58 His ‘bingo’ was unexceptionable; and as for his stark-naked, it was voted the most brilliant thing in nature.

1882 Sydney Slang Dict. 8/2 Stark-naked (orig'n'lly strip-me-naked), raw gin.

1993 D. Birley Sport & Making of Brit. viii. 195 Gin..was called..flash of lightning by the costermonger, jacky by the hoarse cyprian, stark naked by the link-boy and mudlarks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stark naked
释义	stark nakedadj.n. Brit. /ˈstɑːk ˌneɪkᵻd/, U.S. /ˌstɑrk ˈneɪkᵻd/ Forms: see stark adj. and adv. and naked adj. and n.¹ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: start naked adj. Etymology: An alteration of start naked adj., after stark adv., perhaps by association with stark dead adj. Compare also slightly later stark blind adj., and see further discussion at stark adv. 2a.The isolated early use in quot. c1390 at sense A. 1 may perhaps echo stark adj. 5, i.e. ‘stiffly naked’ or ‘stiff and naked’ (although another manuscript reads simply all naked). A. adj. 1. Of a person: completely without clothing. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adjective] nakedOE bareOE start nakedc1225 nakec1300 unarrayedc1380 clothelessc1386 mother-nakedc1390 stark nakedc1390 bareda1400 naked as a needlec1400 unattiredc1400 uncladc1400 uncoveredc1400 loose1423 unclothedc1440 belly-nakeda1500 naked as one's nail1563 unabuilyeit1568 sindonlessc1595 leathern1596 disarrayed1611 undressed1613 debaredc1620 unapparelled1622 unaccoutred?1750 stark1762 disrobed1794 ungarmented1798 undraped1814 au naturel1828 nude1830 skyclad1832 garbless1838 kitless1846 spar-naked1849 raimentless1852 undoffed1854 togless1857 garmentless1866 naked as a robin1866 clothesless1868 sky clothed1878 nakedized1885 altogether1896 buck naked1913 raw1916 bollock naked1922 starkers1923 starko1923 stitchless1927 naked as a jaybird1931 bollock1950 rollock naked1962 nekkid1977 kit-off1992 c1390 Charter Abbey Holy Ghost (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 361 (MED) Crist..heng stark-naked on þe rode-treo. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 842/1 Starke bely naked, tout fin mere nud... Starke naked, tout fin nud. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclvj They..left them starck naked. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 58 Rather on Nylus mudde Lay me starke-nak'd . View more context for this quotation 1686 T. Flatman Poems & Songs (ed. 4) 89 We must all without distinction die, And slumber both stark naked, He and I. 1738 G. Smith Curious Relations II. v. 77 These Robbers without Regard to Sect or Decency, stript all the Company stark naked. 1771 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) I. 474 Both sexes go stark-naked. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xvi. 44 The little children were running about among the huts, stark naked. 1881 Manch. Guardian 12 Oct. 6/7 They lived only upon macaroni, they walked about almost stark naked, and they slept at night under a tree. 1913 H. H. Johnston Pioneers Australasia vii. 227 These stark-naked savages. 1966 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz. 27 Oct. 6/8 If the neighbours could see you stark naked, they'd buy the drapes. 2011 T. J. Henderson Beyond Borders ii. 35 They were forced to march stark naked before medical inspectors. 2. figurative and in extended use. Bare, stripped down to essentials; without covering, ornament, or disguise; spec. (of a drink) unadulterated, without the addition of water; (of tea) without the addition of milk or sugar. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adjective] > unadulterated or undiluted clean883 purea1393 uncorrumpeda1400 uncorrupted1541 sincere1557 stark naked?1594 undelayed1600 unsophisticated1630 entire1640 inadulterate1648 dephlegmated1651 neat1651 unalloyeda1672 intaminateda1695 undrossy1708 net1713 unadulterate1716 unsophistical1736 uncauponateda1752 undiluted1756 absolute1810 undefecated1812 unadulterated1823 undilute1876 undoctored1882 uncut1967 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated > not untiffed?c1225 plainc1330 ungarnishedc1400 undecked1570 dudgeon?1589 stark naked?1594 unbepranked1594 unembellished1630 unadorned1637 unbecomed1646 unfringed1646 unplumed1646 unembroidered1649 unornamented1688 undecorateda1763 naked1850 unveneered1886 no-frill1933 no-frills1948 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > stripped or made bare bared1382 bare1387 exutec1430 stark naked?1594 stripped1594 nudified1653 denudated1672 denuded1813 denudate1866 ?1594 M. Drayton Peirs Gaueston sig. K3 The boystrous storms, dispoile the greenest greues, Stripping the Trees stark naked of their leaues. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 244 Therefore on, or strippe your sword starke naked . View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 268. ⁋9 I came to my Mistress's Toilet this Morning, for I am admitted when her Face is stark naked. 1765 H. Walpole Let. 25 Dec. in Corr. (1961) XXXI. 87 In the bedchamber is a piece of hanging behind and on each side of the bed; the rest of the room is stark naked. 1779 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 246 A great stark-naked new house on an eminence, without a morsel of anything green about it. 1823 Blackwoods Edinb. Mag. July 66 Spirits in all ways prepared, stark-naked, hot or cold watered. 1835 Morning Chron. 31 Aug. So applied, it is not merely a dangerous theory, it is stark-naked nonsense. 1895 in Dial. Notes (Amer. Dial. Soc.) (1896) 1 viii. 379 Naked, starknaked: of tea without milk or sugar,—pure, undiluted. 1958 Manch. Guardian 16 Dec. 6/3 In the woods a thick golden carpet of leaves surrounds the now stark-naked trees where few birds sing. 2004 M. Winter Big Why 30 We drank the tea stark naked—without milk or sugar. Tom Dobie poured the bacon fat into his mug and gulped it down. 2012 Afternoon Voice (Mumbai) (Nexis) 15 Dec. Sometimes the stark naked truth works better than the silly games, to let someone know how you actually feel about them. B. n. slang. Unadulterated spirit; esp. raw gin. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > neat spirits stark naked1627 short1823 something short1823 1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. C1^v Their fare being many times shamrookes, oaten-bread, beanes and butter-milke, arm'd vpon starke naked, with a Dart or a Skeene. 1820 J. H. Reynolds Fancy 105 To take of Deady's bright stark naked A glass or so. 1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. iv. 58 His ‘bingo’ was unexceptionable; and as for his stark-naked, it was voted the most brilliant thing in nature. 1882 Sydney Slang Dict. 8/2 Stark-naked (orig'n'lly strip-me-naked), raw gin. 1993 D. Birley Sport & Making of Brit. viii. 195 Gin..was called..flash of lightning by the costermonger, jacky by the hoarse cyprian, stark naked by the link-boy and mudlarks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1390
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