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lankness 

19th century slang for laxity or flabbiness
On September 26, 1854, While serving as US consul in England, American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in what would be published as his English Notebooks (1857) these undiplomatic remarks about local women: “The British Scientific Association now in session here, many distinguished strangers were present. What chiefly struck me, however, was the lack of beauty in the women, and the horrible lankness of not a few of them….Who would not abhor such a wife? I really pitied the respectable elderly gentlemen whom I saw walking about with such atrocities hanging on their arms-the grim, red-faced monsters! Surely a man would be justified in … taking a sharp knife and cutting away their mountainous flesh, until he had brought them into reasonable shape, as a sculptor seeks for the beautiful form in a woman in a shapeless block of marble. The husband must feel that something alien has grown over and encrusted the slender creature whom he married, and he is horribly wronged by having all this flabby flesh imposed upon him as his wife.”
lankness by BOMS October 10, 2007
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Derived from lana meaning light, Helen referring to Helen of Troy, and the word lioness. Someone who naturally radiates with light, is beautiful, smart, strong, nurturing, and elegant.
Lananesses are just not actresses of the stage and screen. They are the girls who somehow handle school, work, and a social life with a smile on their face and a spring in their step.
Lananess by Kris1095 November 18, 2012
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lackness 

A significant lack of substance within a mean, arrogant, and mad context.
The middle aged daughter took her aging Mother for lunch. Her complete lackness of good behavior and interest clearly illustrated their awful relationship history. She just didn't care about her Mother as she displayed such apparent lackness of love.
lackness by suzgirl November 24, 2016

Lady lankiness 

Lady Lankiness is someone who’s legs are 10ft. They are very rare. If u see someone like this make sure to say ello lady lankiness bowing down to them. This is very common in gingers called Lynsay
Lynsay Alison is a lady lankiness
Did u see lady lankiness legs

Linkness 

That one guy who always swears when angry
"Oh no, Linkness is raging, run"
Linkness by KaliWolfe May 10, 2022

larkness 

A cool cat, very smart, knows his worth and isn't afraid to tell people. Don't mess wit a lark, everybody wants to be a lark.
The larkness of it all
larkness by A Hinojosa March 6, 2015
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