crinkly-cranklyadj.

Brit.

/ˌkrɪŋklɪˈkraŋkli/, U.S.

/ˌkrɪŋk(ə)liˈkræŋk(ə)li/

Forms: 1800s crinkley-crankley, 1800s– crinkly-crankly.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: crinkly adj.¹

Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of crinkly adj.¹, perhaps as alteration of crinkle-crankle adj.

colloquial.

Crooked, twisted; crumpled; (also) winding in and out, zigzagging.

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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > crooked

wough862

crumba1100

wrongc1175

crooked?c1225

crochedc1300

forcrookedc1305

miscrookeda1398

crumpleda1400

kirkeda1425

camshoch1513

crooken1589

awry1728

thraward1814

ajee1816

ahoo1828

crinkly-crankly1850

unstraight1860

cockeye1891

cockeyed1899

crookedy1907

1850 String of Pearls 495 I'm blowed if I ain't crumpled up in a blessed mummy by being in that cupboard so jolly long. All my joints is a-going crinkley-crankley.

1882 Bell's Life in London 13 May 11/1 That old crinkly crankly alder, where, year after year, a robin had built its nest in a hole.

1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 8 In the rough, crumpled, crinkly-crankly part.

1905 C. H. M. Gaskell Spring in Shropshire Abbey iii. 113 It was a sweet little baby dog with a crinkly-crankly black phiz and dear little blinking, cloudy blue eyes.

1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. 20th Cent. (ed. 2) 29 Crinkly crankly, winding in and out, zig-zag, A c.c. wall is one winding in and out in a serpentine fashion.

2004 Guardian 31 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 73/1 A pretty-as-a-picture, crinkly-crankly, beam-and-white-plaster building that might once have been a pub.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crinkly-crankly
释义	crinkly-cranklyadj. Brit. /ˌkrɪŋklɪˈkraŋkli/, U.S. /ˌkrɪŋk(ə)liˈkræŋk(ə)li/ Forms: 1800s crinkley-crankley, 1800s– crinkly-crankly. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: crinkly adj.¹ Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of crinkly adj.¹, perhaps as alteration of crinkle-crankle adj. colloquial. Crooked, twisted; crumpled; (also) winding in and out, zigzagging. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > crooked wough862 crumba1100 wrongc1175 crooked?c1225 crochedc1300 forcrookedc1305 miscrookeda1398 crumpleda1400 kirkeda1425 camshoch1513 crooken1589 awry1728 thraward1814 ajee1816 ahoo1828 crinkly-crankly1850 unstraight1860 cockeye1891 cockeyed1899 crookedy1907 1850 String of Pearls 495 I'm blowed if I ain't crumpled up in a blessed mummy by being in that cupboard so jolly long. All my joints is a-going crinkley-crankley. 1882 Bell's Life in London 13 May 11/1 That old crinkly crankly alder, where, year after year, a robin had built its nest in a hole. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 8 In the rough, crumpled, crinkly-crankly part. 1905 C. H. M. Gaskell Spring in Shropshire Abbey iii. 113 It was a sweet little baby dog with a crinkly-crankly black phiz and dear little blinking, cloudy blue eyes. 1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. 20th Cent. (ed. 2) 29 Crinkly crankly, winding in and out, zig-zag, A c.c. wall is one winding in and out in a serpentine fashion. 2004 Guardian 31 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 73/1 A pretty-as-a-picture, crinkly-crankly, beam-and-white-plaster building that might once have been a pub. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1850
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