periwinkle
Meaning of periwinkle
noun
an Old World plant with flat five-petalled, typically bluish flowers and glossy leaves. Some kinds are grown as ornamentals and some contain alkaloids used in medicine.
late Old English peruince, from late Latin pervinca, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French pervenke . The change of -v- to -w- and the addition of -le seem to have occurred before the appearance of periwinkle2.
noun
another term for winkle.
mid 16th century: of unknown origin.
Information about periwinkle
- It is a name.
- The plural form of periwinkle is: periwinkles.
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Hyphenation of periwinkle
peri-win-kle
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- periwinkle is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
periwinkle synonyms
Meaning winkle:
Words that rhyme with periwinkle
ankle, crankle, fankle, hankle, prankle, rankle, tankle, twankle, wankle, Trenkle, Bullwinkle, Hinkle, Winkle, antiwrinkle, atinkle, baggyrinkle, baggywrinkle, besprinkle, chinkle, crinkle, dogwinkle, inkle, intersprinkle, jinkle, kinkle, outtinkle, oversprinkle, pennywinkle, pinniewinkle, pinnywinkle, presprinkle, prinkle, resprinkle, skinkle, sprinkle, strinkle, tiggywinkle, tinkle, trinkle, twinkle, uncrinkle, unwrinkle, upsprinkle, winkle, wrinkle, Kunkle, Runkle, crunkle, dunkle, runkle