lanksome

comparative more lanksome · superlative most lanksome

1. Characterised or marked by lankness

   She is tall, full breasted, taut tummied, sexy in a lanksome way, but betraying no sign of the absolute goodness behind the skin.

   1990, Odie Hawkins, Memoirs of a Black Casanova

   2 more examples

   He put out his hand, and Mr. Burd gripped it with unselfish warmth, assuring the tall, lanksome young man that he was fine and dandy, and as fit as a fiddle on Fourth of July.

   1912, George Washington Ogden, Home Place

   The landlord did the business and I put paid to the python. 'I'll have to charge you extra for killing the wildlife,' said the lanksome landlord.

   2000, Robert Rankin, Waiting for Godalming