Pink Definition
- sickness
- poor health
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
- pinkish
- rose-hued
A surname.
- in good physical condition; healthy; fit
Other Word Forms of Pink
Adjective
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Pink
Origin of Pink
Early Modern English flower of the genus Dianthus perhaps from pink to peer, blink, wink (probably from Dutch pinken of unknown origin) or from pink (in reference to the jagged edge of the flower's petals)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English pingen, pinken to push, prick from Old English pyngan from Latin pungere peuk- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin unknown; perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked (Etymology 3, above).
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Probably from Low Dutch or Low German; compare Low German pinken "˜hit, peck'.
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Middle English from Middle Dutch pinke
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle Dutch pincke.
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Origin unknown.
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Shortening.
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