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lank(dictionary)

lank (iou)



lank adjective, noun, & verb.
[Old English hlanc from Germanic base repr. also by Middle & mod. High German lenken bend, turn, Old English (h)lanca hip, loin, Old High German lancha. Cf. FLINCH verb1, LINK noun2.]
A. adjective.
Not filled out or plump; shrunken, spare; tall and lean. OE.
T. C. Wolfe He was a tall lank boy, and his half-fare age might be called to question.
Of grass: long and flaccid. M17.
Chiefly of hair: without curl or wave, straight, flat; dull, lifeless. L17.
K. Vonnegut The banners hung lank in the windless day. D. Lodge The girls' hair was lank and greasy from neglect.
b. noun.
Leanness, scarcity, thinness. M17-E18.
A lanky or lean person. L19.
C. verb trans. & intrans. Make or become lank. E16.
lankly adverb E17.
lankness noun E17.