lank
adjective
[ laŋk ]
• (of hair) long, limp, and straight.
• "the man had lank, brown, greasy hair"
Similar:
limp,
lifeless,
lustreless,
straggling,
straggly,
dull,
unkempt,
untidy,
straight,
long,
ratty,
• (of a person) lanky.
• "he sprawled his long, lank figure over a chair"
Similar:
tall,
thin,
slender,
slim,
lean,
lanky,
skinny,
spindly,
spare,
gangling,
gangly,
scrawny,
skeletal,
scraggy,
emaciated,
size-zero,
bony,
gaunt,
raw-boned,
gawky,
rangy,
skin-and-bones,
angular,
pinched,
attenuated,
weedy,
Origin:
Old English hlanc ‘thin’, of Germanic origin; related to German lenken ‘to bend, turn’, also to flinch and link1.
lank
adjective
• very numerous or plentiful.
• "come and share our braai—we've got lank meat"
• very good; fantastic.
• "dad's got a lank new car"
Origin:
sense 1 is perhaps from Afrikaans geld lank ‘money galore’; sense 2 may be related to Afrikaans lank nie sleg nie ‘not at all bad’.
