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stark
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[stɑːk], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- severe or bare in appearance or outline
(e.g: the ridge formed a stark silhouette against the sky)
- complete; sheer
(e.g: he came running back in stark terror)
- stiff, rigid, or incapable of movement
(e.g: a human body lying stiff and stark by the stream)
Phrases:
- stark naked
- stark raving mad
Origin
:
Old English stearc ‘unyielding, severe’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch sterk and German stark ‘strong’
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