Definition of Lankness

1. n. The state or quality of being lank.

Definition of Lankness

1. Noun. The property of being lank. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lankness

1. the state of being lank [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lankness

lankamycin
lanked
lanken
lankened
lankening
lankens
lanker
lankest
lankier
lankiest
lankily
lankiness
lankinesses
lanking
lankly
lankness (current term)
lanknesses
lanks
lanky
lanmuchangite
lanner
lanner falcon
lanneret
lannerets
lanners
lannet
lannets
lannonite
lanolin
lanoline

Literary usage of Lankness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1866)
"Doctor de Monchy, city physician to Rotterdam, ia hi* " Remarks on the Mortality among the Horned Cattle," mentions a decrease of milk and a lankness of the ..."

2. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt, Robert Dodsley (1875)
"Then our music is in prime, When our teeth keep triple time; Hungry notes are fit for knells. May lankness be No guest to me : Tlie bagpipe sounds when that ..."

3. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes by Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1826)
"Then our music is in prime, When our teeth keep triple time; Hungry notes are fit for knells. May lankness be No guest to me : The bag-pipe sounds when that ..."

4. The Ancient British Drama by Robert Dodsley (1810)
"... for knells : May lankness be No guest to me : The bug-pipe sounds when that it swells. Chorus. May lankness, $c. 2. ..."

5. Songs from the Dramatists by Robert Bell (1904)
"THE ORDINARY. THE PHILOSOPHY OF EATING. THEN our music is in prime, When our teeth keep triple time ; Hungry notes are fit for knells. May lankness be No ..."

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