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lanksome

lanksome adjective: characterised or marked by lankness.

Adjective

lanksome (comparative more lanksome, superlative most lanksome)

  1. Characterised or marked by lankness
    • He put out his hand, and Mr. Burd gripped it with unselfish warmth, assuring the tall, lanksome young man that he was fine and dandy, and as fit as a fiddle on Fourth of July.1912, George Washington Ogden, Home Place
    • She is tall, full breasted, taut tummied, sexy in a lanksome way, but betraying no sign of the absolute goodness behind the skin.1990, Odie Hawkins, Memoirs of a Black Casanova

Forms of lanksome

comparativemore lanksome
superlativemost lanksome

Origin of lanksome

From lank + -some.

Questions about lanksome

What does lanksome mean?
Lanksome means characterised or marked by lankness.
What part of speech is lanksome?
Lanksome is an adjective.

Words near lanksome in the dictionary

  1. lanklets
  2. lankly
  3. lankness
  4. lanknesses
  5. lanks
  6. lanksome
  7. lanky
  8. Lanlivery
  9. Lanman
  10. Lanmans
  11. lanmuchangite

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