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rankness

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aeknnrssStarts with REnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the attribute of having a strong offensive smell

Word origin

From Middle English rankenesse, equivalent to rank + -ness.

Used in a sentence

  • A match scratched and the sweet rankness of his corn-cob pipe drifted through the rooms.
  • Tam’d us to Manners, when the Stage was rude;
  • […] a wilderness of weeds, to be sure, whose rankness far over-topped their neglected growth; yet, notwithstanding, evidence of a wealthy soil, that might yield luxuriant crops under other and favourable circumstances.

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