pinkeye

We have found lemma(root) word of pinkeye : pink eye.

Definitions


[ˈpɪŋk ʌɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- conjunctivitis in humans and some livestock

- a viral disease of horses, symptoms of which include fever, abortion, and redness of the eyes


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[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a journey undertaken by an Australian Aboriginal person in order to withdraw temporarily from white society and return to a more traditional lifestyle
(e.g: they had quit their station jobs, and had gone on a hunting walkabout and a pink eye)


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Origin:
late 19th century (in pinkeyeing (adjective) ‘taking part in a holiday or walkabout’): from Aboriginal pinkayi, from pinka ‘hunting’, with assimilation to pink and eye by folk etymology




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