elbowy vs lank

elbowy

adj
  • Tall and awkward. 

  • Awkward; especially, involving the awkward protrusion of the elbows. 

  • Angular in an awkward way. 

  • Having bends that resemble elbows. 

lank

adj
  • Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. 

  • Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.) 

verb
  • To become lank. 

How often have the words elbowy and lank occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )