Sekirov Dictionary

lank

/ˈleɪ̯ŋk/

adjective 4
noun 1
verb 1
forms 5

adjective4

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Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.)
- The Inhabitants most simple, and treated them with great affection. Of Colour more inclined to white, of Body strong and comly, lank Hair, and long Beards, their Cloaths of very fine Mats […] — 1695
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Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
- […] who would not chuse […] to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain […] ? — 1700
(no longer used) Languid; drooping, slack.
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(no longer used) Meagre, paltry, scant in quantity.
- The Captain was inclined to be bald, but he brought a quantity of lank iron-grey hair over his pate, and had a couple of whisps of the same falling down on each side of his face. — 1848

noun1

A clump of lank hair.

verb1

(rare) To become lank.

forms

lanked · lanking · lanks · lanker · lankest

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