I think that that is slang use, Charlie. In the RAF we have long used ‘dank’
to describe anything we didn’t like, but I’ve always taken it to mean damp and
unpleasant (but not about the weather).
However, it seems from my Shorter Oxford that it could refer to weather
conditions.
I think that your child must have been right.
Chris
> On 17 Feb 15, at 14:58, Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I am seeking information on the proper use of a word. I have exhausted
> the dictionaries at home and found no help with online versions. In
> desperation I turn to the vast depository of English language knowledge
> that resides in the OM List.
> One of my children recently took a vocabulary test at school. The word in
> question is "dank". I don't know the exact wording of the sentence she used
> to demonstrate its usage, but something to the effect of "The weather is
> dank". The teacher subtracted points, writing in the margin that weather
> cannot be dank. This came as a surprise to me. Certainly other things can
> be dank: clammy hands, humid air, etc. I live in South Carolina where the
> weather is often dank. What am I missing here?
>
> Thanks in advance,
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