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wrin⋅kly

[ring-klee]
–adjective, -kli⋅er, -kli⋅est.
having wrinkles or tending to wrinkle; creased; puckery: a wrinkly material.

Origin:
1565–75; wrinkle + -y 1
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wrin·kle   (rĭng'kəl)   
n.  
  1. A small furrow, ridge, or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking.

  2. A line or crease in the skin, as from age.

  3. A clever trick, method, or device, especially one that is new and different.

  4. A problem or imperfection; a fault: The report had to be revised because of a few wrinkles.

v.   wrin·kled, wrin·kling, wrin·kles

v.   tr.
  1. To make wrinkles or a wrinkle in.

  2. To draw up into wrinkles; pucker: wrinkled her nose in disdain.

v.   intr.
To form wrinkles.

[Middle English, back-formation from wrinkled, wrinkled, probably from Old English gewrinclod, past participle of gewrinclian, to wind, crease; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
wrin'kly adj.
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