lank

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

mager

schaal

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sluik

Synoniemen

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/læŋk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: lank

Overgenomen van Oudengels: hlanc

Verwant aan Duits: lenken

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: hlanca

Verwant aan Engels: 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).