shrivelledadj.
/ˈʃrɪv(ə)ld/ a. Drawn together or contracted so as to have or form wrinkles and to appear as if dried up.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > into wrinkles > contracted into wrinkles
clungc1325
clinkery1398
hirpleda1400
clunged1495
wrinkled?1523
shrivelled1565
rivelled1601
puckered1606
rivelled1627
shrimped1638
truss1674
pursed1676
wizened1728
weazen1765
wizen1786
nirled1808
beshrivelled1821
weazened1842
weazeny1864
concertinaed1880
swivelled1898
scrunty1947
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > wrinkled or creased
rivelledlOE
hirpleda1400
runkleda1400
rimpleda1425
wrimpledc1430
crimpled1440
frumpledc1440
runkle?1440
ruscledc1440
crumple1523
wrinkled?1523
creased1545
pursy1552
shrivelled1565
wrinkly1573
crumpled1577
ruffed1578
scrimpledc1590
wrizzled1590
wimpled1599
rucked1600
puckered1606
cappard1608
wrinkleful1608
plighty1615
yfrouncta1643
puggered1653
caperated1657
wreathed1657
pursed1676
crinkly1750
runkly1772
wrinkling1791
ruckya1825
puckery1830
creasy1858
seamy1874
crinkle1886
kinkled1890
bumfled1943
1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. v. xviii. f. 173v The vayne and soyle of that grounde is not shryueled nor fleaten, but grene and full of grasse.
1633 G. Herbert Flower in Temple ii Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart Could have recover'd greenesse?
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 26 The Mannatee..her face is like a shriveled Buffolo or Cow.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 54 When..shrivell'd Herbs on with'ring Stems decay. View more context for this quotation
1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 88 These lean shrivel'd limbs unnerv'd with age.
1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 304 A poor shriveled-up..carcase of a bird.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 239 Pushing him back from her with her trembling hand and shrivelled arm.
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. iv. 91 Malt that is shrivelled is not of the best quality.
1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life vi. 63 I never saw him without thinking of a shrivelled crab apple.
b. Of persons whose skin is wrinkled or whose limbs are withered or ‘dried up’.
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the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [adjective] > wrinkle
rivelledlOE
frounced1422
rivelling1481
wrinkleda1529
rideled1530
writhled1565
rugged1590
furrow-faced1607
shrivelled1607
corrugated1623
furrow-fronted1640
seamed1656
pursed1676
corrugate1745
crow's-footed1831
crow-footed1834
lined1839
crowed1851
wrinkled1859
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] > withered
forpined1377
contractc1430
withereda1500
forwithered1563
arefacted1599
arefacting1599
corky1603
diminished1607
shrivelled1607
shirpit1821
shriveldy1840
mummified1879
1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. ii. sig. D4v Your shriuel'd, sallad-eating Artizans. View more context for this quotation
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 114 A shrivelled old lady, with a face of parchment.
1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. (1852) 100 The name of French Cook conveys to the popular mind the image of a lean and shrivelled individual in a white nightcap and apron.
1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold iii. i. 72 I, old shrivell'd Stigand.
c. transferred and figurative. Contracted, reduced to small proportions.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > decreased
diminutec1475
suppeditate?1526
lessened1565
minished1590
declined1591
reduced1591
bated1600
contracted1603
waneda1616
mute1627
shrivelleda1631
refracted1635
imminutea1681
retrenched1693
lowered1730
diminished1745
subdued1785
dwindled1796
depressed1831
shrunken1873
downrated1958
whittled-down1961
pared-down1974
slim-down1978
slimmed-down1978
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > contracted
shrunkenc950
contractc1400
crined?a1513
shrunk1530
braced1534
contracted1603
retired1607
shrivelleda1631
constringed1655
dishrivelled1771
ingathered1853
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 346 That shiver'd, and shrivel'd, and ravel'd, and ruin'd soule.
1685 H. More Some Cursory Reflexions upon Baxter 11 Such a shriveled account as R. B. gives of this Chapter.
1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 115 A repulsive countenance..indicative of a naturally shrivelled heart and contracted soul.
d. In combinations.
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1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. vii. 147 An extremely ancient and shrivelled-looking Bushman.
1859 A. K. H. Boyd Recreat. Country Parson 1st Ser. viii. 303 Some utilitarian old hunks, sharp-nosed, shrivelled-faced.
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