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pinkish, a.|ˈpɪŋkɪʃ|
[f. pink a.1 + -ish1.]
1. a. Somewhat pink; having a tinge of pink. Also in Comb. as pinkish-brown, pinkish-grey, pinkish-mauve, pinkish-purple, pinkish-red, pinkish-silver, pinkish-white, pinkish-yellowing.
1784Home in Phil. Trans. LXXV. 338 Its outer surface is of a darkish brown colour; its inner of a pinkish white. 1843Portlock Geol. 92 The chalk is of a pinkish hue. 1857Geo. Eliot in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) I. vii. 360 The castle is built of stone which has a beautiful pinkish-grey tint. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 439 Panicle pale green or pinkish. 1894R. B. Sharpe Handbk. Birds Gt. Brit. I. 105 The series..varies between a purplish- or pinkish-red, and stone-grey ground-colour. 1952A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 59 Spathe yellowish-green and pinkish-brown. Ibid. 118 [Clinopodium] georgianum.., white to pinkish-purple, to 2 ft. Ibid. 276 [Lilium] Kelloggii, pinkish-mauve, July. 1952S. Spender Learning Laughter i. 5 A tall stucco pinkish-yellowing house. 1959E. H. Clements High Tension vi. 111 Sgurr Dhubh, pinkish-silver in the morning sun. 1961R. L. Gourse With Gall & Honey xviii. 272 He had a pinkish-white complexion, a small straight nose, [etc.]. 1973Polunin & Smythes Flowers S.W. Europe iii. 384 A robust plant to 1m or more, distinguished by its large, very dense, globular head of numerous pinkish-purple flowers.
b. Politically somewhat left of centre.
1949N. Marsh Swing, Brother, Swing ix. 206 Sallis's pinkish, facile..observations. 1968W. Ash Ride Paper Tiger vii. 108 Certain pinkish professors back home are making rather a lot of the fact that Ortiz is a political martyr. 1977Time 5 Dec. 67/2 He was born in New York City and spent his early childhood in Bayside, a pinkish nook of Queens.
2. [pink n.4 2 b.] Fit, ‘in the pink’.
1949J. Corrie in J. Marriott Best One-Act Plays 1948–49 112 ‘You are looking very well.’ ‘I'm feeling very pinkish... Very pinkish, indeed, thank you.’ |