lank

Meaning

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.

lean

raw boned

subtile

wearish

not bulky

slab sided

Pronounced as (IPA)

/læŋk/

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).