Meaning
A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
Etymology
Origin: Dutch
Origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch pinken (“to blink”) or the English verb pink from the same source. Perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked. An earlier word for similar flesh-like colors, mostly displaced by pink, was incarnation ([1300s]; see Etymonline) and carnation.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 5 recorded puzzles: