dank

Meanings

1. Dark, damp and humid.
2. Moist and sticky, (by extension) highly potent.
3. Great, awesome.
4. Expounding right-wing views in a cool way; based.

1. Moisture; humidity; water.
2. Dankness; a dark, moist and usually unpleasant atmosphere.
3. Strong, high-quality cannabis.

1. To moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc.

1. A small silver coin formerly used in Persia.

Etymology

From Middle English danke (“wet, damp; dampness, moisture”), probably from North Germanic, related to Swedish dank (“marshy spot”), Icelandic dökk (“pool”), Old Norse dǫkk (“pit, depression”), from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz (“dark”). However, some trace it to a West Germanic source such as Dutch damp (“vapor”) or Middle High German damph, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dampaz (“smoke, steam, vapor”). Modern slang senses derived from the drug sense; compare based (“awesome, especially in a right-wing context online”) from drug terminology freebased.