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Crinkly

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    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;[…]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An old person. derogatory

Etymology

Etymology 1

From crinkle + -y.

Etymology 2

From crinkle + -y.

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