Prink vs Prinker - What's the difference?
prink | prinker |
the act of adjusting dress or appearance; a sprucing up
* 2006 , Louisa May Alcott, Little Women :
to look, gaze
to dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up
to strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious
As nouns the difference between prink and prinker
is that prink is the act of adjusting dress or appearance; a sprucing up while prinker is one who prinks.As a verb prink
is (obsolete|or|dialectal) to give a wink; to wink or prink can be to look, gaze.prink
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at .Etymology 2
Perhaps alteration (due to primp) of , (etyl) and (etyl) prunk.Noun
(en noun)- [...] And does my hair look very bad?", said Meg, as she turned from the glass in Mrs. Gardiner's dressing room after a prolonged prink .