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LANKINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lankiness mean?
• LANKINESS (noun)
The noun LANKINESS has 1 sense:
1. a tall and thin physique
Familiarity information: LANKINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tall and thin physique
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("lankiness" is a kind of...):
body-build; build; habitus; physique (constitution of the human body)
Derivation:
lanky (tall and thin)
lanky (tall and thin and having long slender limbs)
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