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• pink — English has three distinct words pink. The colour term [18] appears to have come, by a bizarre series of twists, from an early Dutch word meaning ‘small’. This was pinck (source also of the colloquial English pinkie ‘little finger’ [19]). It was… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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• pink — 1. n. & adj. n. 1 a pale red colour (decorated in pink). 2 a any cultivated plant of the genus Dianthus, with sweet smelling white, pink, crimson, etc. flowers. b the flower of this plant. 3 (prec. by the) the most perfect condition etc. (the… …   Useful english dictionary

• pink — I UK [pɪŋk] / US adjective Word forms pink : adjective pink comparative pinker superlative pinkest ** 1) between red and white in colour. If something is similar to this colour, you can say that it is a pinkish or pinky colour His cheeks turned… …   English dictionary

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