lanky

See also: Lanky

English

Etymology

From lank +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæŋk.i/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æŋki

Adjective

lanky (comparative lankier, superlative lankiest)

1. (informal, derogatory) Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:scrawny
• gangly

Derived terms

• lankily
• lankiness

Translations

tall, slim

• Bikol Central: wakoy-wakoy
• Cebuano: balaghoy, gangkaw, lagsaw, mantiw, tikling, waklay, yagkaw
• Dutch: dun (nl), slungelig (nl)
• Estonian: kiitsakas, vilajas
• Finnish: hontelo (fi)
• French: dégingandé (fr)
• German: schlaksig (de)
• Greek: ψηλόλιγνος (el) (psilólignos)
• Hungarian: nyurga (hu)
• Irish: caol ard, fada caol, scrogallach, scailleagánta
• Italian: allampanato (it) m
• Maori: pākokekoke, tokoroa, pakikoke
• Norman: lîndget m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hengslete, slåpen

• Portuguese: esguio (pt)
• Russian: долговязый (ru) m (dolgovjazyj), дли́нный (ru) m (dlínnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: caol, seang
• Spanish: larguirucho (es)
• Swedish: gänglig (sv), ranglig (sv)

Anagrams

• Kylan