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‖ pinkster U.S. (N.Y.)|ˈpɪŋkstə(r)|
Also pingster, pinxter.
[Du. pinkster (now pinxteren dat. pl.) = OS. pincostôn, MHG., Ger. pfingsten:—OHG. *pfinkustin (dat. pl.), all prob. through Gothic paintêkustê, a. Gr. πεντηκοστή Pentecost.]
Whitsuntide; usually in attrib. use: see quots.
1821J. F. Cooper Spy (1823) III. v. 127 Upon my word you'd pass well at a pinkster frolic. 1845― Satanstoe I. vi. 162 Pinkster fields, and Pinkster frolicks, are no novelties to us, sir, as they occur every season. 1860Bartlett Dict. Amer. s.v., On Pinxter Monday the Dutch negroes..consider themselves especially privileged to get as drunk as they can. 1866Treas. Bot., Pinxter-flower, an American name for Azalea nudiflora. |