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Starker

Stark \Stark\ (st[aum]rk), a. [Compar. Starker (-[~e]r); superl. Starkest.] [OE. stark stiff, strong, AS. stearc; akin to OS. starc strong, D. sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. & Sw. stark, Dan. st[ae]rk, Icel. sterkr, Goth. gasta['u]rknan to become dried up, Lith. str["e]gti to stiffen, to freeze. Cf. Starch, a. & n.]

  1. Stiff; rigid.
    --Chaucer.

    Whose senses all were straight benumbed and stark.
    --Spenser.

    His heart gan wax as stark as marble stone.
    --Spenser.

    Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff Under the hoofs of vaunting enemies.
    --Shak.

    The north is not so stark and cold.
    --B. Jonson.

  2. Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire. [Obs.]

    Consider the stark security The common wealth is in now.
    --B. Jonson.

  3. Strong; vigorous; powerful.

    A stark, moss-trooping Scot.
    --Sir W. Scott.

    Stark beer, boy, stout and strong beer.
    --Beau. & Fl.

  4. Severe; violent; fierce. [Obs.] ``In starke stours'' [i. e., in fierce combats].
    --Chaucer.

  5. Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.

    He pronounces the citation stark nonsense.
    --Collier.

    Rhetoric is very good or stark naught; there's no medium in rhetoric.
    --Selden.

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starker

a. (en-comparative of: stark)

Wikipedia
Starker

Starker is a surname shared by:

  • Aldo Starker Leopold (1913–1983), an American author, forester, zoologist and conservationist

  • (1872–1938), German painter

  • János Starker (1924–2013), Jewish Hungarian-American cellist

Usage examples of "starker".

He had resumed his seat on the stool behind the pushcart watermelon stand, and was watching a customer sink his grinning teeth into a quarter of bright red, black-seeded, ice-cold watermelon, when the starker walked rapidly from Seventh Avenue and reentered the hotel.

The starker was watching the entrance to the stairs that led to Sweet Prophet's private quarters, while Slick watched him.

At the same time the starker quit his post in the hotel entrance across the street, hastened down the opposite sidewalk and cut across the street to pile quickly into the back of Slick's car.

The old keep still flies a replica of the Founders' original ensign-the crossed rose and blade-rather than the current banner-the starker black ryall on a white background.

The current banner of Recluce-the starker black ryall on a white background-flies from the staff before the single-storied harbormaster's building between the two piers.

Hinzu kommt starker Blutverlust und die große Gefahr der Enzephalitis.

He had believed Grostheim a safe enough haven, but now, as spring advanced, the dreams of winter took on a starker note.