rankness
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Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
ranknesses
- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The quality of being rank, of having a repulsive or pungent odor.
1578, Raphael Holinshed et al., Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, Volume I, Book 3, Chapter 1 “Of cattell kept for profit,” p. 222, […] the bowels of the beast are commonlie cast awaie because of their ranknesse […]
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)Exuberant or uncontrolled growth.
Tam’d us to Manners, when the Stage was rude;
- 3.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Exuberance, excessiveness.
- 4.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Insolence.
Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English rankenesse, equivalent to rank + -ness.