lank

About 0.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
2. adjective Meagre, paltry, scant in quantity.
3. adjective Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.)
4. adjective Languid; drooping, slack.
5. verb To become lank.
6. noun A clump of lank hair.

Similar words

thin spindly lean long gaunt beggarman zanzibaris slunken slender slim

Often followed by

and hair black figure man brown body as of

Word family

lanker lankest lankly lankness lanknesses