Meanings
adjectivedankish (comparative more dankish, superlative most dankish)
comparative more dankish · superlative most dankish
- Somewhat dank.
The moth breedeth upon cloth and other lanifices; especially if they be laid up dankish and wet.
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
Origin
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dankish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dankish
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“dankish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dankish. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dankish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dankish.
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