Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRINK
PRIN'COCK, or PRIN'COXPRINK'ING
PRINK, v.i. [D. pronken, to shine, to make a show, to strut; G. prangen, to shine, to make a show; prunken, id.; Dan. prunker, to make a show, to strut; Sw. prunka, to make a figure. If n is casual, these words are radically the same as Sw. prackt, Dan. D. pragt, G. pracht, pomp, show, an all coinciding in origin with Ar. بَرَقَ baraka, to shine, to adorn. See Prance and Prank.]
- To prank; to dress for show.
- To strut; to put on stately airs.
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