most periwinkled

noun

Also called myrtle. a trailing plant, Vinca minor, of the dogbane family, having glossy, evergreen foliage and usually blue-violet flowers.

any of several similar plants of the genus Vinca or Catharanthus.

Origin:
before 1000; earlier pervinkle, perwinkle, alteration (see -le) of Middle English perwinke, pervinke < Anglo-French pervenke (Old French pervenche) < Late Latin pervinca, Latin vi(n)capervi(n)ca; compare Old English peruince, Middle High German ber(e)winke < Late Latin pervinca

Related forms

per·i·win·kled, adjective

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periwinkle¹ (ˈpɛrɪˌwɪŋk^əl)

—n
	Often shortened to: winkle any of various edible marine gastropods of the genus Littorina, esp L. littorea, having a spirally coiled shell

[C16: of unknown origin]

periwinkle² (ˈpɛrɪˌwɪŋk^əl)

—n
1.	creeping myrtle, Also called (US): trailing myrtle any of several Eurasian apocynaceous evergreen plants of the genus Vinca, such as V. minor (lesser periwinkle) and V. major (greater periwinkle), having trailing stems and blue flowers
2.	a. a light purplish-blue colour
	b. (as adjective): a periwinkle coat

[C14 pervenke, from Old English perwince, from Late Latin pervinca]

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periwinkle

"evergreen plant," 1501, dim. of parvink (12c.), from O.E. perwince, from L.L. pervinca "periwinkle" (4c.), from L., from pervincire "to entwine, bind," from per- "thoroughly" + vincire "to bind, fetter."

periwinkle

"kind of sea snail," 1530, alt. of O.E. pinewincle, probably by infl. of M.E. parvink (see periwinkle (1)), from O.E. pine- (probably from L. pina "mussel," from Gk. pine) + wincel "corner."

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