rankness

English

noun
Definitions
  • The quality of being rank, of having a repulsive or pungent odor.
  • Exuberant or uncontrolled growth.
  • (obsolete) Exuberance, excessiveness.
  • (obsolete) Insolence.

Etymology

Affix from English rank.

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English

rank

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