lank
Adjective Satellite
- long and thin and often limp
- "grown lank with fasting"
- "lank mousy hair"
- long and lean
Adj
- Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
- Meagre, paltry, scant in quantity.
- Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.)
- Languid; drooping, slack.
Verb
- To become lank.
Adjective
- Long, straight, and thin, often implying a lack of fullness.
Examples
- The opponent’s lank streak of single-letter plays finally ended with a bingo.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lank, from Old English hlanc, from Proto-West Germanic *hlank, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“lank, thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”); compare German lenken (“to turn”), Gelenk (“joint”), Old High German hlanca (“hip, side, flank”), and English link (of a chain).
Synonyms
spindly, inadequate, insufficient, lax, lithe, loose, nutant, scarce, slender, sparse, svelte, willowy
Scrabble Score: 8
lank: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlank: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lank: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary