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rankness|ˈræŋknɪs|
[f. rank a. + -ness.]
The quality of being rank, in senses of the adj.
a1400–50Alexander 3350 Ronkenes of wynes. a1485Promp. Parv. 423/1 (MS. S.) Rankenesse, crassitudo. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §58 Murren..commeth of a ranknes of bloudde. 1555Eden Decades 122 The rankenesse and frutefulnesse of the grounde. 1640Fuller Joseph's Coat i. (1867) 110 Experience had..corrected the rankness of his spirit. 1692R. L'Estrange Fables ccxxxiv. (1708) 252 The Crane's Pride is in the Rankness of her Wing. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. (1779) II. xlviii. 103 The dish had a particular rankness of taste. 1850R. G. Cumming Hunter's Life S. Afr. (ed. 2) I. 265 The rankness of his flowing mane. 1873Symonds Gk. Poets i. 36 Weeds lovely in their rankness. |