starkers

• "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

• (RP) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑːkəz/
• (US) enPR: stärʹkərz, IPA^(key): /ˈstɑɹkɚz/

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starkers (not comparable)

1. (chiefly British, slang) Completely nude.

   Entering the bathroom, I found Bill there, still starkers after his bath.

2. (informal) Stark raving mad.

• see Thesaurus:nude

• dressed

• stark bollock naked

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “stark”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• Strakers