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▪ I. pranking, vbl. n.1 folding: see prank v.1 ▪ II. pranking, vbl. n.2 prancing: see prank v.3 ▪ III. pranking, vbl. n.3|ˈpræŋkɪŋ| [f. prank v.4 + -ing1.] The action of prank v.4; decking, dressing up, ‘titivating’, ‘making up’.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Attiffement, pranking. 1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 77 In all their paintings and prankings they..lift vp themselues against nature. 1612W. Parkes Curtaine-Dr. (1876) 56 The nightly and nightlong prancking and pruning vp of old withered faces. 1664H. More Exp. 7 Epist. vi. (1669) 78 Her prankings and adornings in the splendour of their Altars, and Churches, and Copes. |