lank

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
2. (obsolete) Meagre, paltry, scant in quantity.
3. Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.)
4. (obsolete) Languid; drooping, slack.

Verb

To become lank.

Concepts

mince

terne

élancé-e

maigrelet

plats

Synonymes

lean

thin

spindly

lanky

spare

skinny

gaunt

meager

scrawny

slender

slim

rangy

peaked

rawboned

raw boned

refined

scraggly

shrivelled

shrunken

sleazy

slight

slimsy

subtile

subtle

svelte

tactful

tenuous

ticklish

waspish

weak

withered

wizen

wizened

gossamery

wearish

not bulky

slab sided

angular

marcid

dainty

delicate

exquisite

fine

flabby

flimsy

gangling

gangly

hollow

meagre

nice

Traductions

flaco

schmächtig

lacio

boylu

dürr

ince

zirav

λεπτός και αδύνατος

dünn

strähnig

tenik

enjuto

ισχνός

hutzelig

runzelig

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/læŋk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: lank

Hérité de ancien anglais: hlanc

Appartenant à allemand: lenken

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: hlanca

Appartenant à anglais: link

In summary

From Middle English lank, from Old English hlanc, from Proto-West Germanic *hlank, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“lank, thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”); compare German lenken (“to turn”), Gelenk (“joint”), Old High German hlanca (“hip, side, flank”), and English link (of a chain).