crêpy
See also: crepy
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
crêpy (comparative crêpier, superlative crêpiest)
- Resembling or similar to crêpe.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 46]:
- Several years ago he began to point out that my throat was becoming crepy, my color was poor, and I was easily winded.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 477:
- My shirt was too big and its collar sat loosely around my crêpey neck.
- 2007, Diana Athill, ‘Somewhere Towards the End’, Granta 98, p. 18:
- women who had always worn a lot of make-up tended to continue to do so, blind to the unfortunate effect it could have on an elastic and crepy skin.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 46]: