crinkly en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English crinkle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English crinkly From crinkle + -y.
Meanings
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That crinkles.
Again there was that eerie, indefinable something in Cousin Jimmy’s voice or look that gave Emily a sudden crinkly feeling in her spine.
1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 7”, in Emily of New Moon:
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Having crinkles; wrinkly.
Himself, he was a little as if made from leather, with his yellow crinkly face, and crinkly reddish hair and beard; and neat folds slanting down his cheeks to the corners of his mouth, and his guttural and one-toned voice;[…]
1912, John Galsworthy, Quality:He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| crinklier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| crinkliest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| most crinkly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more crinkly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
wrinklesome · bewrinkled (having crinkles) · rugose
Translations (2)
enm crisp (that crinkles) · fr froufroutant (that crinkles)