lanksome

English

Etymology

From lank +‎ -some.

Adjective

lanksome (comparative more lanksome, superlative most lanksome)

  1. Characterised or marked by lankness
    • 1912, George Washington Ogden, Home Place:
      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.
    • 1990, Odie Hawkins, Memoirs of a Black Casanova:
      She is tall, full breasted, taut tummied, sexy in a lanksome way, but betraying no sign of the absolute goodness behind the skin.
    • 2000, Robert Rankin, Waiting for Godalming:
      The landlord did the business and I put paid to the python. 'I'll have to charge you extra for killing the wildlife,' said the lanksome landlord.

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