About The Word Lank
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Lank
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What's The Definition Of Lank?
[adj] long and lean
[adj] long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair" Synonyms | Synonyms for Lank: lean | long | spindly | thin Related Terms | Find terms related to Lank: See Also | Lank In Webster's Dictionary \Lank\, a. [Compar. {Lanker}; superl. {Lankest}.] [{AS}.
hlanc; cf. G. lenken to turn, gelenk joint, OHG. hlanca hip,
side, flank, and E. link of a chain.]
1. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump;
shrunken; lean.
Meager and lank with fasting grown. --Swift.
Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank
purse than an empty brain? --Barrow.
2. Languid; drooping.[Obs.]
Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head.
--Milton.
{Lank hair}, long, thin hair. --Macaulay.
\Lank\, v. i. & t. To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] --Shak. --G. Fletcher. |
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