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lanky (adj.)
[lanky 词源字典]
1630s, "straight and flat," used of hair, from
lank
+
-y
(2); sense of "awkwardly tall and thin" is first recorded 1818. Related:
Lankiness
.
[lanky etymology, lanky origin, 英语词源]