Pinkster

noun
Pink·​ster
variants: or Pinxter \ ˈpiŋ(k)stə(r) , -​ŋzt-​ \
plural -s

Definition of Pinkster

: whitsuntide

History and Etymology for Pinkster

Dutch pinkster from Middle Dutch pinxter, alteration of pinxten; akin to Old Frisian pinxtera Whitsuntide, Old Saxon pinkoston, Middle High German pfingesten; all from a prehistoric continental West Germanic word borrowed from Gothic paintekuste Pentecost, from Greek pentēkostē

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