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Provided by the compucert incarnadine \in-KAR-nuh-dyn\,
adjective:
- Having a fleshy pink color.
- Red; blood-red.
- To make red or crimson.
From Italian incarnatino, which came from the Latin incarnato, something incarnate, made flesh, from in + caro, carn-, "flesh." It is related to carnation, etymologically the flesh-colored flower; incarnate, "in the flesh; made flesh"; and carnal, "pertaining to the body or its appetites."
hinky
- Something as yet undefinable is wrong, out of place; not quite right.
Trivia
How many rivets hold the Eiffel Tower together?
- 2.5 million.
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- Rock Hudson: movie star died of AIDS; he was the first celebrity to announce he had the disease (1985)
- Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948): leader who used civil disobedience to win Indian independence
- Groucho Marx (1890-1977): wisecracking comedian, one of the Marx Brothers; comedian Bud Abbott (1897-1974) shared this birth date
- Graham Greene (1904-1991): author of The Quiet American and The Honorary Consul; poet Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) was also born on this date
- Annie Leibovitz (60): celebrity photographer
- Sting (58): musician formerly with The Police; also, musicians Don McLean (64), Phil Oakey (54), Robbie Nevil (51), Bud Gaugh (42) and Kelly Willis (41)
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