RANK'NESS, n. 1. Vigorous growth; luxuriance; exuberance; as the rankness of plants or herbage.2. Exuberance; excess; extravagance; as the rankness of pride; the rankness of joy.3. Extraordinary strength.The crane's pride is in the rankness of her wing.4. Strong taste; as the rankness of flesh or fish.5. Rancidness; rank smell; as the rankness of oil.6. Excessiveness; as the rankness of a composition or modus.
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