Lank (?), a. [Compar.Lanker (?); superl.Lankest.] [AS. hlanc; cf. G. lenken to turn, gelenk joint, OHG. hlanca hip, side, flank, and E. link of a chain.] 1. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
Meager and lank with fasting grown. Swift.
Who would not choose... to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain? Barrow.
2. Languid; drooping.
Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head. Milton.
Lank hair, long, thin hair. Macaulay.