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pinkish

[ ping-kish ]

adjective

  1. somewhat pink:

    The sky at sunset has a pinkish glow.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of pinkish1

First recorded in 1775–85; pink 1 + -ish 1
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Example Sentences

It comes in three colors, including the familiar silver and space gray as well as a pinkish gold color that makes it stand out from its bigger siblings.

The area’s climate and fertile soils are perfect for growing crops such as tea, coffee, plums, avocados, and a sweet pinkish-red fruit called lychee.

This one has a pinkish hue to help it fade into the forest floor.

Surgeons in New York City successfully attached a pig kidney to a human patient and watched the pinkish organ function normally for 54 hours.

The mysterious chemical, which produces a pinkish-magenta substance when dried, wasn’t mentioned in published descriptions of tire rubber or contaminated waters.

People with a single pinkish eye may have a physical irritation—an eyelash, a piece of grit—that causes tearing and inflammation.

For Mrs. Robin had an end of a pinkish-white worm in her bill, on which she was tugging as hard as she could.

To begin with, the bar was of pinkish sandstone, smoothed and covered by a coating of plastic.

For a few moments - 167 -the sun bathes the great garden in a pinkish glow, then drops slowly, a blood-red disk, behind the trees.

He saw a nose and a little, knobby chin and a bit of pinkish forehead with the pale yellow of hair above.

The kitten, with the greed of its kind, devoured the cream, covering its small nose and whiskers with a pinkish film.

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