English Explanatory Dictionary

slunken

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Shrivelled; lean, lank.

Word forms

slunken more slunken most slunken

Etymology

From the past participle of slink. Compare Scots slunken (“lank, emaciated, lean, sunken”), Norwegian slunken (“lean, lank”), Danish slunken (“lean, lank”).

Related words

slink
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