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lankish

lankish adjective: somewhat lank.

Adjective

lankish (comparative more lankish, superlative most lankish)

  1. Somewhat lank.

Forms of lankish

comparativemore lankish
superlativemost lankish

Origin of lankish

From lank + -ish.

Questions about lankish

What does lankish mean?
Lankish means somewhat lank.
What part of speech is lankish?
Lankish is an adjective.

Words near lankish in the dictionary

  1. lankiest
  2. lankily
  3. Lankin
  4. lankiness
  5. lanking
  6. lankish
  7. lanklet
  8. lanklets
  9. lankly
  10. lankness
  11. lanknesses

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