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Princeton's WordNet
richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertilitynoun
the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
"he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness"
malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness, fetidnessnoun
the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
Wiktionary
ranknessnoun
The property of being rank, of having a repulsive odor, of being stinky, foul or malodorous.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Ranknessnoun
Exuberance; superfluity of growth.
Etymology: from rank.
It bringeth forth abundantly, through too much rankness, things less profitable, whereby that which principally it should yield, being either prevented in place, or defrauded of nourishment, faileth. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. iii.
Begin you to grow upon me; I will physick your rankness. William Shakespeare, As You Like it.
Among the crowd i’ th’ abbey, where a finger
Could not be wedg’d in more; I am stifled
With the mere rankness of their joy. William Shakespeare, Hen. VIII.We’ll like a bated and retired flood,
Leaving our rankness and irregular course,
Stoop low within those bounds, we have o’erlook’d. William Shakespeare.The crane’s pride is in the rankness of her wing. Roger L'Estrange.
He the stubborn soil manur’d,
With rules of husbandry the rankness cur’d;
Tam’d us to manners. Dryden.
ChatGPT
rankness
Rankness refers to the state or condition of being extremely unpleasant or offensive, typically in relation to smell, taste or behavior. It is often used to describe something that is highly disagreeable or excessively bad.
Webster Dictionary
Ranknessnoun
the condition or quality of being rank
Etymology: [AS. rancness pride.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rankness in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rankness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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