2. Exuberance; excess; extravagance; as the rankness of pride; the rankness of joy.
3. Extraordinary strength.
4. The crane's pride is in the rankness of her wing.
5. Strong taste; as the rankness of flesh or fish.
6. Rancidness; rank smell; as the rankness of oil.
7. Excessiveness; as the rankness of a composition or modus.