Akademik

rankness

noun

1. the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth

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he praised the richness of the soil

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weeds lovely in their rankness

• Syn: ↑richness, ↑prolificacy, ↑fertility

• Derivationally related forms: ↑fertile (for: ↑fertility), ↑rank, ↑rich (for: ↑richness)

• Hypernyms: ↑fruitfulness, ↑fecundity

2. the attribute of having a strong offensive smell

• Syn: ↑malodorousness, ↑stinkiness, ↑foulness, ↑fetidness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑fetid (for: ↑fetidness), ↑rank, ↑foul (for: ↑foulness), ↑stinky (for: ↑stinkiness), ↑malodorous (for: ↑malodorousness)

• Hypernyms: ↑olfactory property, ↑smell, ↑aroma, ↑odor, ↑odour, ↑scent

• Hyponyms: ↑body odor, ↑body odour, ↑B.O.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.