the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality or state of being stark.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Stiffness; rigidity; strength; grossness.
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n. the quality of being complete or utter or extreme
n. an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation
Word Usage
"But there is beauty in starkness and in penance and withdrawal and in thought, knowing that our Savior will be soon be born -- the infant child lying in the manger, the Prince of Peace."