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stark-naked

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stark-nak⋅ed

[stahrk-ney-kid]
–adjective
absolutely naked.

Origin:
1520–30; stark + naked; r. start-naked (start, ME; OE steort tail; c. D staart, OHG sterz, ON stertr)
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stark-na·ked   (stärk'nā'kĭd)
adj.  Bare-naked.

[Alteration by folk etymology from obsolete start-naked, naked to the tail, from Middle English stert-naked : stert, tail; see redstart + naked, naked; see naked.]
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