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rankish

rankish adjective: somewhat rank.

Adjective

rankish (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat rank.
    • a rankish smell

Origin of rankish

From rank + -ish.

Questions about rankish

What does rankish mean?
Rankish means somewhat rank.
What part of speech is rankish?
Rankish is an adjective.

Words near rankish in the dictionary

  1. ranking
  2. rankings
  3. rankinite
  4. Rankins Springs
  5. Rankinston
  6. rankish
  7. rankism
  8. rankisms
  9. rankist
  10. rankists
  11. rankit

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