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   Lank

   /laNGk/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of hair) long, limp, and straight. Similar limplifelesslusterlessstragglingstragglydullunkemptuntidystraightlonginformal:rattyOpposite glossylustrous
   • ▪ (of a person) lanky. Similar tallthinslenderslimleanlankyskinnyspindlyspareganglingganglyscrawnyskeletalscragglyemaciatedsize-zerobonygauntrawbonedgawkyrangyskin-and-bonesangularpinchedattenuatedinformal:weedyOpposite shortfatstocky

   Word Origin Old Englishhlanc ‘thin’, of Germanic origin; related to German lenken ‘to bend, turn’, also to flinch and link1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lankly adverb
   • 2. lankness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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