crinkly
English
Etymology
Adjective
crinkly (comparative crinklier or more crinkly, superlative crinkliest or most crinkly)
- That crinkles.
- Having crinkles; wrinkly.
- 1912, John Galsworthy, Quality:
- 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; […]
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
Synonyms
- (having crinkles): bewrinkled, rugose, wrinklesome; see also Thesaurus:wrinkled
Translations
that crinkles
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Noun
crinkly (plural crinklies)
- (derogatory) An old person.
Synonyms
- antique, coffin dodger, wrinkly; see also Thesaurus:old person