"pink"WordplayAct 2,Scene 4Lines 53-55The definition of a"pink of courtesy" in myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 4. Mercutio Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy. Romeo Pink for flower? Mercutio Right. “Pink” was another word for flower. Mercutio’s expression “the very pink of courtesy” means “the very height of courtesy.”
