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prinked

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A verb meaning to adorn, make showy, or sparkle with small decorative touches; in poetry, it conveys the gleam of jewels, the vanity of decoration, or a surface brilliance that may be ephemeral.

Detailed Definition
After the sun returns, purple colors appear across the sea. Hardy’s unusual verb makes those colors seem like ornamental touches scattered over the water.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Purples prinked the main” — Alfred Lord Tennyson, “The Princess”; The bride prinked her hair with meadow flowers; Dawn prinks the river with pink and gold; In a comic portrait, the vain bird prinks its feathers
Additional Notes
“Prinked” is an uncommon literary verb meaning decorated or embellished, used in the quoted line for purple reflections on the sea.; Found in the poem, Beeny Cliff by Thomas Hardy
Also Known As
decorated adorned embellished
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