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starkness

stark·ness

Today it means: The state or quality of being stark. Full definition →

Middle English starknes

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Middle English · inherited fromstarknes
English todaystarkness

From Middle English starknes, starkenes, starkenesse, equivalent to stark + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.