Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Somewhat pink.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Somewhat pink.
Wiktionary
- adj. Somewhat pink.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Somewhat pink.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of a light shade of red
Etymologies
- pink + -ish. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Mt. Dawson described as pinkish limestone, with a wedge of dark rock; this very doubtful!”
“As I gazed at it I recalled the pinkish-yellow butterfly still under its glass in my museum; it had remained there in the same spot, and had preserved its fresh bright hues during the time that I had sailed all round the globe.”
“Mr. Mandelli has sent me many more eggs of this species, mostly deep chocolate-purple, but here and there an egg somewhat paler, what might be called a pinkish chocolate.”
“Another advised that Schary had 'pinkish' tendencies but that he did not believe that Schary could be classified as one of the more dangerous figures in the film colony.”
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
“I layer it with an ESSIE red that is kind of pinkish, and they blend for a perfect fire-engine color.”
“‘There I found a seat of some yellow metal that I did not recognize, corroded in places with a kind of pinkish rust and half smothered in soft moss, the arm-rests cast and filed into the resemblance of griffins’ heads.”
“There I found a seat of some yellow metal that I did not recognize, corroded in places with a kind of pinkish rust and half smothered in soft moss, the arm-rests cast and filed into the resemblance of griffins' heads.”
“There I found a seat of some yellow metal that I did not recognize, corroded in places with a kind of pinkish rust and half smothered in soft moss, the arm-rests cast and filed into the resemblance of griffins heads.”
“` There I found a seat of some yellow metal that I did not recognize, corroded in places with a kind of pinkish rust and half smothered in soft moss, the arm-rests cast and filed into the resemblance of griffins 'heads.”
“Rose gold, also called pink gold or red gold, is characterized by it's alluring "pinkish" hue.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pinkish’.
-
Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
http://www.genenames.org/
tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
color (red)
tiara's color lists rebuilt :)
( visual, colors, red, descriptive, randomness )red, Red, Pink, Cloud, Salmon, Rose, Coral(Pink/Red/Dark), Cramoisy/Modena/C..., Raspberry, Rubious/Ruby, Tomato, Sanguineous/Blood and 483 more...
-
The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
-
Color adjectives
A complement to Chromonyms and Chromonyms 2, which are restricted to nouns that have appeared in at least one dictionary. If a word can be either a noun or an adjective, I list it as a noun. This l...
hyacinthine, griseous, glaucous, verdant, virescent, amaranthine, miniaceous, rubiginous, ferruginous, ruddy, caesious, cyanotic and 214 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pinkish.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.