STARKNESS

bareness, starkness

(noun) an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation; “I was struck by the starkness of my father’s room”

starkness, absoluteness, utterness

(noun) the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; “the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

starkness (countable and uncountable, plural starknesses)

(uncountable) The state or quality of being stark.

(countable) The result or product of being stark.

Source: Wiktionary


Stark"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being stark.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.

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