(informal) completely
mad or
insane. "
Stark" means the fullest extent or degree, absolutely, utterly, completely. Staring literally means gazing fixedly with eyes
wide open. They didn't used to have a film that responded to
color, so it drove them absolutely
stark, staring
mad trying to get a tree light enough so that it looked like a tree, you know? When they made a
picture of a tree, they had an
awful time with this sort of thing.
-A Summary of Study (4 Aug. 64) completely
mad.
wholly insane, with eyes
wide open and
fixed.