pinkish
/ˈpɪŋkɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "West Quantoxhead, 1½ miles to the south-west, has some handsome houses and an imposing mansion, St Audries - now a girls' school - built in the Tudor style in the 19th century, at the same time as the pinkish-buff stone Church of St Ethelreda - also called St Audrey - which has an elegant tapering spirelet."
- "F[eatures] [...] Black or dark brown back; faded white stripes and white patches on the sides; pinkish/peach-colored belly"
- "While some of the more exotic varieties are becoming more popular with nationwide growers, such as the pale pinkish white pineberry, local farms will frequently plant a few different varieties to best suit their region."
Etymology
Etymology tree Dutch pinkenbor. English pink Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English pinkish From pink + -ish.
Inflected Forms
more pinkish (comparative)
most pinkish (superlative)