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rankish

adj

Etymology

From rank + -ish.

  1. derived from *h₃reǵ-✻ — “straight, direct”
  2. inherited from *rankaz✻ — “straight”
  3. inherited from *rank✻
  4. inherited from ranc — “proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent, forward, overbearing, showy, ostentatious, splendid, bold, valiant, noble, brave, strong, full-grown, mature”
  5. inherited from rank — “strong, proud”
  6. suffixed as rankish — “rank + ish”

Definitions

  1. Somewhat rank.

    • a rankish smell

The neighborhood

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