prink

Meanings

Verb

• to give a wink; to wink.
• To look, gaze.
• To dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up.
• To strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious.

Noun

• the act of adjusting dress or appearance; a sprucing up

Related

Similar words

• prank

Origin

• From Middle English prinken ("to wink, signal with the eye"), from prinke, prinche, from Old English princ ("a wink"). More at pry.
• Perhaps alteration (due to primp) of prank, from Middle English pranken ("to trim"), or from Middle Dutch prinken ("to deck for show, parade in fine apparel") (from pronk or from Middle Low German prunken (from prank).
• Cognate with Middle Dutch pronken ("to flaunt"), German Prunk ("a show, parade, splendour"), Danish and Swedish prunk.