rank (adj.) Old form(s): rancke , ranke
foul-smelling, stinking
2H4 III.i.39[King Henry IV to Warwick and Surrey, of the kingdom] How foul it is, what rank diseases grow
AC V.ii.212[Cleopatra to Iras, of the Romans] their thick breaths, / Rank of gross diet
Ham III.ii.266[Third Player as Lucianus] Thou mixture rank
Ham III.iii.36[Claudius alone] my offence is rank
Ham III.iv.149[Hamlet to Gertrude] rank corruption
Ham III.iv.93[Hamlet to Gertrude] the rank sweat of an enseamed bed
KL IV.iv.3[Cordelia to Doctor, of Lear] Crowned with rank fumiter [or: luxuriant]
MW III.v.84[Falstaff to Ford as Brook] the rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril
Sonn.69.12[]To thy fair flower add the rank smell of weeds
TN II.v.121[Fabian to Sir Toby, of Malvolio finding a scent] Sowter will cry upon't for all this, though it be as rank as a fox
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