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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
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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