Lank

[Lank]

Lank can describe grass that is long, hair that is limp, and people who are tall and thin.

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Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.

Adjective S.
long and lean

Adjective S.
long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair"

superl.
Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.

superl.
Languid; drooping.

v. i. & t.
To become lank; to make lank.

Lank

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.

Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain?

2. Languid; drooping.[Obs.]

Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head.

Lank hair, long, thin hair. Macaulay.

Lank

Lank, v. i. & t. To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] Shak. G. Fletcher.

Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.

To become lank; to make lank.

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