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lankness

noun

Etymology

From lank + -ness.

  1. derived from *kleng-✻ — “to bend, turn, wind, twist”
  2. inherited from *hlankaz✻ — “lank, thin”
  3. inherited from *hlank✻
  4. inherited from hlanc
  5. inherited from lank
  6. suffixed as lankness — “lank + ness”

Definitions

  1. The property of being lank, slender or thin.

    • The boy's lankness reflected his malnutrition.
    • The gravity of his dress, together with a certain lankness of cheek and stiffness of deportment, added nearly ten years to his age, but his figure was that of one not yet past thirty.

  2. The property of being lank

    The property of being lank: straight, flat and limp. (of hair)

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA