dank Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite unpleasantly cool and humid
    clammy.
    • a clammy handshake
    • clammy weather
    • a dank cellar
    • dank rain forests

WordNet

Dank adjective
Etymology
Cf. dial, Sw. dank a moist place in a field, Icel. dökk pit, pool; possibly akin to E. damp or to daggle dew.
Definitions
  1. Damp; moist; humid; wet.
    Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire. Milton.
    Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground. Trench.
Dank noun
Definitions
  1. Moisture; humidity; water. Obs.
Dank noun
Definitions
  1. A small silver coin current in Persia.

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