Lank Definition

lăngk
lankest, lanker
adjective
lanker, lankest
Slender or lean.
Webster's New World
Gaunt or meager.
Webster's New World
Hanging straight and limp; not curly.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
(rare) To become lank; to make lank.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Lank

Adjective

Base Form:
lank
Comparative:
lanker
Superlative:
lankest

Origin of Lank

  • Old English hlanc; confer German lenken (“to turn”), gelenk (“joint”), Old High German hlanca (“hip, side, flank”), and English link (of a chain).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English hlanc

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Lank Sentence Examples

  • Their black hair is shaggy rather than lank.

  • But the pure Laos are still distinguished by the high cheek-bones, small flat nose, oblique eyes, wide mouth, black lank hair, sparse beard, and yellow complexion of the Thai and other branches of the Mongol family.

  • Their hair is dark brown or black; smooth and curly, very different from the frizzly mop of the Papuan or the lank straight locks of the Malay.

  • These monkeys are characterized by their lank bodies, long slender limbs and tail, welldeveloped thumbs, absence of cheek-pouches, and complex stomachs.

  • A Seneca Beloit mbeilin a 0 n p lank into English Miles County Seats County Boundaries.....

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Words Starting With

LLALAN

Words Ending With

KNKANK

Unscrambles

lank

Words Starting With L and Ending With K

Starts With L & Ends With KStarts With LA & Ends With KStarts With L & Ends With NK

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With L4 Letter Words Ending With K