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RANKNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rankness mean? 

RANKNESS (noun)
  The noun RANKNESS has 2 senses:

1. the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growthplay

2. the attribute of having a strong offensive smellplay

  Familiarity information: RANKNESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RANKNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

fertility; prolificacy; rankness; richness

Context example:

weeds lovely in their rankness

Hypernyms ("rankness" is a kind of...):

fecundity; fruitfulness (the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth)

Derivation:

rank (growing profusely)

rank (very fertile; producing profuse growth)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The attribute of having a strong offensive smell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

fetidness; foulness; malodorousness; rankness; stinkiness

Hypernyms ("rankness" is a kind of...):

aroma; odor; odour; olfactory property; scent; smell (any property detected by the olfactory system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rankness"):

B.O.; body odor; body odour (malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe)

Derivation:

rank (very offensive in smell or taste)


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