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lanksome

adj

Etymology

From lank + -some.

  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 lanksome — “lank + some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by lankness

    • He put out his hand, and Mr. Burd gripped it with unselfish warmth, assuring the tall, lanksome young man that he was fine and dandy, and as fit as a fiddle on Fourth of July.
    • She is tall, full breasted, taut tummied, sexy in a lanksome way, but betraying no sign of the absolute goodness behind the skin.
    • The landlord did the business and I put paid to the python. 'I'll have to charge you extra for killing the wildlife,' said the lanksome landlord.

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