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pinken, v.|ˈpɪŋkən|
[f. pink a.1 + -en5.]
1. intr. To become pink.
1890Harper's Mag. Nov. 867/2 Its spotless tip first pinkening like the point of some wondrous bud. 1936Wodehouse Laughing Gas vii. 76 It caused Miss Brinkmeyer to pinken and breathe heavily. 1954D. Ames Crime, Gentlemen, Please xxii. 130 Jack, too, was aware of the chill. He pinkened. 1976Listener 15 Apr. 465/2 As the sky pinkened, we turned up a narrow tributary.
2. trans. To make pink.
1968C. Nicole Self Lovers i. 8 Her tan was pinkened by a liquor flush. |