The quality of being rank, of having a repulsive or pungent odor. / Exuberant or uncontrolled growth. / (obsolete) Exuberance, excessiveness. / (obsolete) Insolence.

plural of rankness

(in combination) Having a specified rank. / Superior in rank.

One’s relative placement in a list.

present participle of rank

simple past tense and past participle of rank

plural of rank

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rank

Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things). / Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.

(obsolete) Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.