Talk:pink

Etymology of pink
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pink has the flower (and several other meanings) under a different etyomology from the colour, whereas we have them under the same. I don't know myself which is right, but I'd be more inclined to believe M-W.
 * Actually, MW doesn't seem to give any etymology for the colour sense so it's not clear whether they think it's distinct or not. But the OED and two dictionaries of etymology in front of me all say it's the same word, and the colour is originally used in the sense of "the colour associated with the flower". < class="latinx">Ƿidsiþ 05:35, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, the OED has usage for pink, the flower, dating from 1566; and for pink, the colour, derived from the flower, with earliest usage in 1669. The exact timeline of derivation (probably from Dutch) is unclear.    D b f  i  r  s   07:11, 4 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Dutch 'pinck oogen' "half-closed eyes," literally "small eyes," seems to confirm that it is borrowed from Dutch[8]. 'Pinkster' = Dutch for Pentecost, where all the flowers were shades of pink,  I believe, is irrelevant[2]. Andrew H. Gray 19:19, 21 October 2015 (UTC) Andrew (talk)

[0] means 'Absolutely not; [1] means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; [2] means 'Very dubious'; [3] means 'Questionable'; [4] means 'Possible'; [5] means 'Probable'; [6] means 'Likely'; [7] means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; [8] means 'Attested'; [9] means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods.

RFV discussion
Rfv-sense: Any pink object.

Was commented out, so I have uncommented the sense, and sent it here. --Dan Polansky (talk) 14:07, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't this be an RfD? It looks like a fused-head construction, which is part of English grammar. Try to find an English adjective that isn't used in some context without some context-specific omitted noun.
 * Clocked out in any event. DCDuring TALK 19:21, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Failed. — Ungoliant (Falai) 21:03, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

tickle pink
Is any meaning of pink used in tickle pink ?--Backinstadiums (talk) 16:15, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

RFV discussion: June–July 2021
Rfv-sense: A stab. Not easy to search for, but I was only using my level-6 search-skillz Indian subcontinent (talk) 18:48, 11 June 2021 (UTC)


 * The 1911 Century Dictionary has this:
 * I assume the dagger at sense 1 means it is obsolete.  is a play from about 1607. According to Webster’s 1830 dictionary, the sense “(small) eye” is also obsolete, except in compounds such as pink-eyed (“having small eyes”). --Lambiam 08:46, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, that's two cites, if we revise the definition to something more like "a small hole made by puncturing something"; that's a good start; does Grose (ed in the entry) also have a cite? H. W. Torrey's 1843 Englisch-Latin Lexicon, page 193 mentions this as a verb, "to pink silk with a variety of colors", "to pink with the eye", which we have under etys 3 and 6. The EDD has quite a few senses, but not this one. - -sche (discuss) 15:29, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I assume the dagger at sense 1 means it is obsolete.  is a play from about 1607. According to Webster’s 1830 dictionary, the sense “(small) eye” is also obsolete, except in compounds such as pink-eyed (“having small eyes”). --Lambiam 08:46, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, that's two cites, if we revise the definition to something more like "a small hole made by puncturing something"; that's a good start; does Grose (ed in the entry) also have a cite? H. W. Torrey's 1843 Englisch-Latin Lexicon, page 193 mentions this as a verb, "to pink silk with a variety of colors", "to pink with the eye", which we have under etys 3 and 6. The EDD has quite a few senses, but not this one. - -sche (discuss) 15:29, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I assume the dagger at sense 1 means it is obsolete.  is a play from about 1607. According to Webster’s 1830 dictionary, the sense “(small) eye” is also obsolete, except in compounds such as pink-eyed (“having small eyes”). --Lambiam 08:46, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, that's two cites, if we revise the definition to something more like "a small hole made by puncturing something"; that's a good start; does Grose (ed in the entry) also have a cite? H. W. Torrey's 1843 Englisch-Latin Lexicon, page 193 mentions this as a verb, "to pink silk with a variety of colors", "to pink with the eye", which we have under etys 3 and 6. The EDD has quite a few senses, but not this one. - -sche (discuss) 15:29, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I assume the dagger at sense 1 means it is obsolete.  is a play from about 1607. According to Webster’s 1830 dictionary, the sense “(small) eye” is also obsolete, except in compounds such as pink-eyed (“having small eyes”). --Lambiam 08:46, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, that's two cites, if we revise the definition to something more like "a small hole made by puncturing something"; that's a good start; does Grose (ed in the entry) also have a cite? H. W. Torrey's 1843 Englisch-Latin Lexicon, page 193 mentions this as a verb, "to pink silk with a variety of colors", "to pink with the eye", which we have under etys 3 and 6. The EDD has quite a few senses, but not this one. - -sche (discuss) 15:29, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I assume the dagger at sense 1 means it is obsolete.  is a play from about 1607. According to Webster’s 1830 dictionary, the sense “(small) eye” is also obsolete, except in compounds such as pink-eyed (“having small eyes”). --Lambiam 08:46, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, that's two cites, if we revise the definition to something more like "a small hole made by puncturing something"; that's a good start; does Grose (ed in the entry) also have a cite? H. W. Torrey's 1843 Englisch-Latin Lexicon, page 193 mentions this as a verb, "to pink silk with a variety of colors", "to pink with the eye", which we have under etys 3 and 6. The EDD has quite a few senses, but not this one. - -sche (discuss) 15:29, 1 July 2021 (UTC)


 * The 1913 OED has
 * †1. A hole or eyelet punched in a garment for decorative purposes; also, a scalloping done for the same purpose: cf. PINKING [...]
 * 1512 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot IV 215 Item,..for iiil* powdringis and pinkis to the sam goune, .xij s
 * 1598 Florio, Tagliuzzi, small pinks, cuts or iagges in clothes
 * 1599 B. Jonson, Cynthia's Rev. v. iv, Is this pinke of equall proportion to this cut?
 * 1632 — Magn. Lady III. iv, You had rather have An ulcer in your body, than a pink More in your clothes.
 * †2. A stab with a poniard, rapier, etc. Obs.
 * 1601 Weever Mirr. Mart. C j, At a great word she will her poynard draw, Looke for the pincke if once thou giue the lye.
 * 1638 Ford Lady's Trial III. i, The fellow's a shrewd fellow at a pink.
 * b. A shot-wound.
 * 1885 Pall Mall G. 13 May 4/I He is spotted with marks of stabs and revolver 'pinks', and he takes all his wounds quite as matter of course.
 * These should be enough citations for at least one sense. - -sche (discuss) 15:40, 1 July 2021 (UTC)


 * I added all the citations above to the entry, under two subsenses. But perhaps some cites should be tossed as Scots (1512?) or not the right spelling, or the super-sense could be removed and the two subsenses (##) made into regular-level senses (#), or the subsenses could be removed and combined into the main sense... - -sche (discuss) 16:37, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 22:03, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

RFV discussion: November–December 2021
rfv-sense: To choose; to cull; to pick out. MooreDoor (talk) 14:46, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 20:27, 19 December 2021 (UTC)