# starkers

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstɑːkəz/

## Definitions
1. Completely nude.
2. Stark raving mad.

## Etymology
* "naked": British slang, from 1923, combining (like a popular etymology) two meanings of stark (“strong, utterly; barren”) with stark naked, which is from Old English steort (“tail”), referring to the tail-end (as in butt-naked).
* "crazy": stark (“shortening of stark raving mad”) + -ers

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/starkers