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Definitions for Lank

[1] (of plants) unduly long and slender: lank grass; lank, leafless trees.
[2] (of hair) straight and limp; without spring or curl.
[3] lean; gaunt; thin.
[4] long and limp
[5] thin or gaunt
[6] Southern African informal a lot; a great deal

Words related to Lank

attenuate, beanpole, cadaverous, emaciated, ethereal, fragile, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, lanky, lean, lightweight, peaked, pole, puny, rangy, rarefied, rawboned, rickety

Words nearby Lank

laniard, laniary, lanier, laniferous, lanikai, lank, lankester, lanky, lanner, lanneret, lanny

Origin of Lank

before 1000; Middle English lanc, Old English hlanc; akin to Old High German hlanca loin, side. Cf. flank

Other words from Lank

lank·ly , adverb
lank·ness , noun

Word origin for Lank

perhaps from Afrikaans lank long

Synonyms for Lank

all skin and bones, angular, attenuate, attenuated, beanpole, beanstalk, bony, cadaverous, delicate, emaciated, ethereal, featherweight, fleshless, fragile, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, lanky, lean, lightweight, meager, narrow, peaked, pinched, pole, puny, rangy, rarefied, rawboned, reedy, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, shadow, shriveled, skeletal, skinny, slender, slight, slim, slinky, small, spare, spindly, stalky, starved, stick, stilt, subtle, thin as a rail, threadlike, twiggy, twiglike, undernourished, underweight, wan, wasted, weedy, wizened