Lankness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being lank, slender or thin. countable, uncountable

    "The boy's lankness reflected his malnutrition."

  2. 2
    The property of being lank: straight, flat and limp. (of hair) countable, uncountable

    "Linen, from what œconomy I know not, is seldom allowed in those portraits, even to the ladies, who lean carelesly on a bank, and play with a parrot they do not look at, under a tranquillity which ill accords with their seeming situation, the slightness of their vestment and the lankness of their hair having the appearance of their being just risen from the bath, and of having found none of their cloaths to put on, but a loose gown."

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lantern jawsunderweight

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"The boy's lankness reflected his malnutrition."

Etymology

From lank + -ness.

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