pinky
pinky Lexical Profile
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• noun
North American The smallest and outermost finger of the human hand; the little finger.
"The two children linked their pinkies together to seal their secret promise."
A newborn, hairless mouse or rat of the family Muridae, typically having translucent pink skin and often raised as food for captive reptiles.
"The zookeeper fed a thawed pinky to the young corn snake during its weekly feeding."
• adjective
Having a slightly pink color or a pinkish tinge.
"The evening sky turned a soft, pinky orange as the sun dipped below the horizon."
• Rhymes for pinky
Word Origin & Etymology
In its anatomical sense, the word was borrowed via Scots from the Dutch word 'pinkje', the diminutive of 'pink' meaning little finger. The color adjective sense is a direct English formation from the color 'pink' combined with the suffix '-y'.