Meaning

noun a bleak and desolate atmosphere

noun the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body)

noun an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation

originEtymology tree English bare Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English bareness From bare + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0