Associations to the word «Rankness»

Wiktionary

RANKNESS, noun. The property of being rank, of having a repulsive odor.

Dictionary definition

RANKNESS, noun. The property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness".
RANKNESS, noun. The attribute of having a strong offensive smell.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne