[shtahr-ker] 
| Ja⋅nos [yah-nawsh] , born 1924, U.S. cellist, born in Hungary. |
[stahrk] adjective, -er, -est, adverb | 1. | sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness. |
| 2. | harsh, grim, or desolate, as a view, place, etc.: a stark landscape. |
| 3. | extremely simple or severe: a stark interior. |
| 4. | bluntly or sternly plain; not softened or glamorized: the stark reality of the schedule's deadline. |
| 5. | stiff or rigid in substance, muscles, etc. |
| 6. | rigid in death. |
| 7. | Archaic. strong; powerful; massive or robust. |
| 8. | utterly, absolutely, or quite: stark mad. |
| 9. | Chiefly Scot. and North England. in a stark manner; stoutly or vigorously. |
| stark (stärk) adj. stark·er, stark·est
[Middle English, stiff, severe, strong, from Old English stearc; see ster-1 in Indo-European roots.] stark'ly adv., stark'ness n. |
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