pinkish

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English

Etymology

pink +‎ -ish.

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Adjective

pinkish (comparative more pinkish, superlative most pinkish)

  1. Somewhat pink.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess[1]:
      Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

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