slunken
slunken · more slunken · most slunken
Shrivelled; lean, lankShrivelled; lean, lank.
Meaning
1 senses(UK, dialectal)Shrivelled; lean, lank.
Origin
From the past participle of slink. Compare Scots slunken (“lank, emaciated, lean, sunken”)From the past participle of slink. Compare Scots slunken (“lank, emaciated, lean, sunken”), Norwegian slunken (“lean, lank”), Danish slunken (“lean, lank”).
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Forms
more slunken, most slunken| Comparative | more slunken Lesson |
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| Superlative | most slunken Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedslink
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form