Pink definition
The pink of perfection.
An example of pink is the carnation.
An example of pink is the color of cherry blossoms.
In the pink of health.
An example of pink is a healthy newborn baby.
This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.
Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.
My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.
Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.
The pink economy.
Pink dollar; pink pound.
- in good physical condition; healthy; fit
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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
- 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
- Middle English from Middle Dutch pinke
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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- From Middle Dutch pincke.
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- Origin unknown.
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- Shortening.
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