crinkly

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crinkly

adjective crinklier · more crinkly · crinkliest · most crinkly

  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. 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;[…]

    Similar: bewrinkled

Similar: rugose, wrinklesome

noun crinklies

  1. derogatory An old person.

    Similar: antique, coffin dodger, wrinkly

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Similar: rugose, wrinklesome

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adj that crinkles

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@misc{crinkly_2026,
  title = {crinkly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crinkly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}