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crine¹

  • /kɹaɪn/

Rhymes with -aɪn

Where it comes from

From Scots crine (“to shrivel”), from Scottish Gaelic crìon (“withered”), from Old Irish crín.

verb crines · crining · crined

  1. Scotland, intransitive To wither, wilt, shrivel.

crine²

  • /kɹaɪn/

Rhymes with -aɪn

Where it comes from

From Middle French crine (whence also French crin), Italian crine, or directly from Latin crīnis (“hair of the head, lock of hair, plume”).

noun crines

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable Hair of the head.

crine³

  • /kɹaɪn/

Rhymes with -aɪn

verb

  1. pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of crying, representing African-American Vernacular English I'm crine 😭

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"crine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

crine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/crine

Chicago

"crine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crine.

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@misc{crine_2026,
  title = {crine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}