stark naked

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

Completely naked.

Noun

Raw gin.

Sinonieme

completely naked

buck naked

naked

in the buff

raw

bare-assed

buck naked

in the raw

naked as a jaybird

peeled

bare-ass

in the altogether

nude

stripped to the buff

nakedness

starkers

nudity

in one’s bare skin

Vertalings

splitternackt

nu comme un ver

splitterfasernackt

moedernaakt

à poil

tout nu

complètement nu

poedelnaakt

spiernaakt

nudo come un verme

completamente nu

en cueros

ملط

en pelotas

pudelnackt

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: stert naked

Geërf van Old English: steort

In summary

From Middle English stert naked (steort nakt, sternaked, star naked); the first element is from Old English steort (“tail”). The change from "start-naked" to "stark-naked" was most likely by folk etymology due to a misinterpretation of the phrase as being a way of saying "starkly naked" ("strongly naked, harshly naked").