Meaning

noun a light shade of red

noun any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

noun a person with mildly leftist political views

origin* As an English surname, from Old English pinca (“chaffinch”). This would not be a native Germanic inheritance as the expected form would be finc, thus probably borrowed or contaminated from Vulgar Latin *pincio (see French pinson) and its related parallels. * Also as an English surname, from rare Middle English pink (“something small”), presumably related to pinkie. * As a German occupational…

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