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lanky, a. (and n.)|ˈlæŋkɪ|
[f. lank a. + -y1.]
1. a. Awkwardly or ungracefully lean and long. † Also (of hair) somewhat lank (obs.).
1670Lond. Gaz. No. 437/4 He is..of a tall Stature, with fair lanky hair. 1818Todd, Lanky adj., a vulgar expression to denote a tall thin person. 1833H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls v. 82 Their worn and lanky frames. 1847–8H. Miller First Impr. i. (1861) 3 A tall lanky Northumbrian. 1860All Year Round No. 72. 509, I pass by many a church,..with their tall hulking fronts and lanky pillars. 1861W. H. Russell in Times 12 July, A sharp-looking Creole, on a lanky pony,..superintended their labours. 1874Burnand My time ii. 21 The lanky Charles..did something with a chorus to it. 1892Baring-Gould Str. Survivals v. 112 The spiral coil would prevent the lanky rushlight from falling over.
b. Comb., as lanky-eared, lanky-legged, lanky-limbed, lanky-looking adjs.
1815W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 82 The station of groom to a lanky-ear'd Neddy.
1932Auden Orators iii. 90 Lanky-legged Lloyd, and Morgan from Aberdovey, Peacock and long-skulled Cornish Davy.
1896M. Beaumont Joan Seton 170 A schoolboy, bright-eyed and lanky-limbed.
1922Joyce Ulysses 108 Now who is that lankylooking galoot over there.
2. Used as n., as a nickname or form of address for a lanky person.
c1863T. Taylor in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1969) II. 109 Just you try it, lanky! Yah! Hit one of your own size—do. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §184/7 Nicknames for a tall, lanky person... Harry Longlegs, Lanky, Legs, Lengthy. 1948D. Ballantyne Cunninghams 212 Hiya, Lanky! 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. ix. 169 Lankies. Inevitably there is a fusion of terms between those for the thin and lanky lad and those for the overgrown.
Add: Hence ˈlankiness n.
1893in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1972Daily Tel. 14 Oct. 8/3 Between herbaceous plants whose rising growths will take some of the lankiness from the tulips. 1981Economist 28 Feb. 92/2 His lankiness was notorious, as were his exaggerated and mannered gestures. |