Definitions for: Lank

[adj] long and lean
[adj] long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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. --Swift.

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

2. Languid; drooping.[Obs.]

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

Lank hair, long, thin hair. --Macaulay.

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

Synonyms: lean, long, spindly, thin

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