wrinklen.1
/ˈrɪŋkl/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋk(ə)l/ I. A fold, crease, ridge, and related uses.† 1. A sinuous or tortuous movement, formation, etc.; a winding or curving; a sinuosity. Obsolete.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s)
folda1250
windinga1387
wrinkling1387
revolution?a1425
wrinkle1430
crink1567
crank1572
cringle-crangle1573
crinkle1596
crankle1598
crinkle-crankle1598
meander1603
anfractuosity1612
ins and outs1655
sinuationa1676
insinuationa1684
anfractus1719
sinuosity1720
flexuosity1737
evolution1765
cringle1808
wriggle1825
voluminosity1841
squiggle1902
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] > sinuous movement > a sinuous movement
wrall1398
wrinkle1430
sinuosity1897
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes i. 2683 An hous..Callid Laboryntus,..Ful of wrynkles.
1480 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden (1482) 40 b Laborintus..is an hous..wrought with..windynges so diuersly by wonderful wayes and wrynclis, that [etc.].
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. v. 62 The eddir..Lang wrinklis makis oft with hir body.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. viii. 69 Als feill wrynklis and turnis can scho mak As dois the swallow.
2. figurative.1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον iv. 191 She so farre insinuated into the King's breast, that the wrinckles of all suggestions were cleared.figurative and in figurative contexts.1727 J. Swift Stella's Birth-day: 1720 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. iii. 153 The Cracks and Wrinkles of your Mind.1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1869) 2nd Ser. vi. 127 They cause a wrinkle in the clear and polished surface of their existence.
a. A crease, fold, or ridge caused by the folding, puckering, or contraction of a fabric, cloth, or other pliant substance. Occasionally in figurative context. Also without article.In quots. 1676, 1869 with allusion to sense 4b.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > wrinkle or crease
rimpleeOE
frouncec1374
runklea1400
wrinklea1420
ruge?a1425
crimple1440
wreathc1440
wrimple1499
rumple?a1513
scrumple?a1513
wimple1513
crease1578
bag1587
crinkle1596
pucker1598
press1601
crumple1607
creasing1665
ruck1774
cramp1828
fold1840
ruckle1853
bumfle1867
a1420 Wycliffite Bible Gen. xxxviii. 14 (MS. Cotton Claudius E ii) She took a roket cloþ wiþ many wrynclis.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 534/1 Wrynkyl, or plate yn clothe,..plica.
?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Av Nor of his clothynge, one wryncle stode a wrye.
1537 tr. H. Latimer Serm. to Clergie sig. A.iiiv These wordis are so spoken in parabole, and ar so wrapped in wrinkels.
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiii. 212 With their hosen hanging about their heels, ful of wrinckles.
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xv. §4. 312 He takes it at heart, to haue a wrinckle in his pumpe.
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 162 That there be no wrinckles in the clouts applyed.
1676 W. Hubbard Happiness of People 54 Cause..for that virgin..Church to condemn themselves for some spots or wrincles in their garment.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 29 July 129 His stockings [were] without a wrinkle.
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 175 The roll of canvass..winds up and lets down without a single wrinkle.
1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks v. 55 Her Sunday bonnet was without spot, her Sunday gown without wrinkle.
b. A slight narrow ridge or depression on a surface; a longitudinal mark; a corrugation.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > a corrugation
wrinkle?1523
crimp1782
corrugation1829
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxiiii The wrincles on the houfe.
1601 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus iii. iv. 1409 One that..admires the good wrinckle of a boote.
1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) i. 126 The Wild-Goat[s]..have Wreaths and Wrinkles on their Horns.
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 199 He leaves no wrinckles in the turnings up [of the paper lining].
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. ii. 71 Whether it [sc. the horny part of the hoof] be smooth and even, or..in Wreathes or Wrinkles.
1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy (1743) 224 The little Wrinkles, Hollows, or Crevices of the Corn.
1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 850 Wrinkles arising from the desiccation of the tube.
1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 154/1 When..docked she did not show a wrinkle in her copper.
c. transferred of physiographical features.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > mark on feature or surface > [noun]
seamc1330
footprint1552
stringa1728
wrinklea1807
ripple mark1831
ripple1838
grooving1846
wave-mark1863
sand-scratch1871
chatter-mark1888
cross-colouring1901
wave-marking1903
a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) viii. 304 The senseless mass, In its projections, wrinkles, cavities,..Unites..some type Or picture of the world.
1849 G. Cupples Green Hand xiv Every point and wrinkle in the headland.
1900 R. Le Gallienne Trav. xv. 234 Northleach, lying in ‘a wrinkle’ of the still dreary hills.
3.
a. A small fold or crease of the skin, esp. due to age, care, displeasure, etc.In frequent use from c1590.
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the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > wrinkle
rimpleeOE
rivellingOE
rivelc1325
crow's footc1374
frounce1390
wrinklea1400
frumplec1440
freckle1519
line1538
lirkc1540
shrivel1547
plait1574
furrow1589
trench1594
crowfoot1614
seam1765
thought-line1858
laughter line1867
laugh line1913
smile-line1921
worry lines1972
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 18840 His forhede feir wemles in siȝt wiþouten wrynkul [Vesp. runkel, Fairf. ronclis, Gött. runkil] hit was sliȝt.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 290/2 Wrinkell in ones face, raiere.
a1592 R. Greene Alcida (1617) sig. C3 Venus frowned on the smith with a rinkle on her forehead.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 169 Fier..causeth wrinckles and spots on their bodies.
1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 52 There are many wrinckles and chaps we will not fill up with the paint of art.
c1788 W. Blake Tiriel 108 To count the wrinkles in thy face.
1837 R. M. Bird Nick of Woods III. 71 Though the wrinkles of forty winters furrowed deeply in his brows.
1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly I. ii. 20 The calm and thoughtful forehead that had as yet no wrinkle of age or care.
b. transferred, figurative and in figurative context. spec. a minor difficulty or irregularity; a snag; frequently in to iron out the wrinkles.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > a difficulty > a minor difficulty
throng1855
wrinkle1966
the world > action or operation > easiness > do or accomplish something easily [verb (intransitive)] > surmount difficulties > overcome minor difficulties
to iron out the wrinkles1966
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. i. sig. B4v Their bloud had (as it were) filled the wrinckles of the seas visage.
1643 J. Caryl Expos. Job (1676) I. 1519 A perfect soul-state, and a perfect state of body, hath no wrinkle in it.
1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 25 No wrinkles in the face, no gray hairs on the head of Eternity.
1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV clxxxii. 94 Roll on, thou..ocean—..Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 199 Wreeangs,..wrinkles of dust or dirt upon the skin.
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xx. v. 109 [They] have contributed a wrinkle of human Fun to the earnest face of Life.
1966 D. F. Jones Colossus i. 15 As a project it's practically finished, we can't find any more wrinkles to iron out; we've checked and checked again.
1975 Economist 22 Feb. 92 The way for the east Europeans to reach western markets without accumulating further huge trade deficits is to import skills which can be exported in hardware. This also enables them to iron out wrinkles in their own system without having to embark on risky economic reforms.
1979 Guardian 30 Aug. 3/6 The BBC wanted to make certain advances in technical practices... Wrinkles still remained.
1984 New Yorker 14 May 43 Willa had sold her story to Universal Pictures and was in California ironing out some wrinkles in the deal.
c. A ripple or ruffle on the surface of water; a wavelet. Chiefly poetic.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [noun] > small wave or ripple
wrinkle1633
ruffle1655
curl1766
ripple1785
ripplet1805
wavelet1813
pirl1817
wimple1845
riffle1925
ankle-slapper1991
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island v. xlvii. 58 As when a stone..Prints in the angry stream a wrinkle round.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 39 The Sea..was as smooth as Glass, not the least curl or wrinkle discernable.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 180 Nor faintest wrinkles o'er the waters creep.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 17 Where the blue lake's wrinkle marks the river's inrush pale.
4.
a. figurative. A moral stain or blemish.Frequently coupled (as in next) with spot, after Eph. v. 27.
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun] > a moral blemish or stain
smitOE
wem?c1225
tachec1330
spot1340
wrinklea1400
tackc1425
iron mould1584
iron mole1599
soil1600
taintment1633
smirch1862
a1400 Pauline Ep. (Powell) Eph. v. 27 Þe kyrke..not hafande a spot or a wrynkylle.
1408 Wycliffite Bible Eph. v. 27 (Fairf. 2) [That] þe chirche..hadde noo wem ne ryueling eþer wrynkele.
1530 R. Whitford Werke for Housholders (new ed.) A ij Our owne conscyence..shall clerely confesse al our hole lyfe, and euery wryncle & parte therof.
1569 T. Roest tr. J. van der Noot Theatre Worldlings 97 A glorious Church, without any spot or wrinckle.
1643 J. Caryl Expos. Job (1676) I. 1519 Poverty is the wrinkle of riches, and disgrace is the wrinkle of honour.
1643 J. Caryl Expos. Job (1676) I. 1519 In the state of glory..we shall not have..one spot or one wrinkle.
b. Without article; chiefly in without (spot or) wrinkle.In later versions.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > pure [phrase]
without(en) wem?c1225
without (spot or) wrinkle1526
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Eph. v. 27 A glorious congregacion with oute spot or wrynckle.
1643 J. Caryl Expos. Job (1676) I. 1519 Believers have now a righteousness in Christ without spot or wrinkle.
1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 205 Henry..continued in that condition eighteen years without wrinkle of Fame.
1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 325 In this Robe of Righteousness..we are without spot or wrinkle.
5. Anatomy, Zoology, Botany = ruga n.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > ridge channel > [noun]
wrinkle1545
crest1597
ruga1683
tubea1704
furrow1725
flute1728
stria1731
rib1740
carina1774
striolet1826
vallecula1856
channel1875
carination1880
rumination1889
striola1903
riblet1949
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun] > wrinkle
wrinkle1545
rugosity1599
ruga1683
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. E.v Though that the matrix..be full of ryuelles or wrinkles.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 117 The skinne of their [sc. quadrupeds'] Iawes.., if it lye in wrinkles,..sheweth hee is olde.
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xxi. 352 A wrinckle..in the shoulder, or in any other joynt.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Oo It is a..root, which by exsiccation hath contracted wrinkles and lineations.
1732 A. Monro Anat. 12 When they [sc. laminæ] make the first Turn or Wrinkle, he stiles them Cancelli corrugati.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 214 The muzzle [of the mandril] is..strongly marked with wrinkles.
1775 J. Jenkinson Linnæus' Generic & Specific Descr. Brit. Plants Gloss. 256 Rugose, full of rugæ or wrinkles.
1836 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion i. vi. 169 The numerous folds or wrinkles which line the inner surface of the duodenum.
1849 G. Cupples Green Hand xiii Like the wrinkles on a nutmeg.
6. A section of a calcining furnace.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > compartment or section
fire room1657
shaft1855
wrinkle1884
stall1887
1884 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 3rd Ser. 448 The ore..is there thrust out of the furnace into the ‘wrinkle’.
II. A crafty or adroit action, and related uses.† 7. A crooked or tortuous action; a crafty device; a trick or wile. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a wile or cunning device
wrenchc888
craftOE
turnc1225
ginc1275
play?a1300
enginec1300
wrenkc1325
forsetc1330
sleightc1340
knackc1369
cautel138.
subtletya1393
wilea1400
tramc1400
wrinkle1402
artc1405
policy?1406
subtilityc1410
subtiltyc1440
jeopardy1487
jouk1513
pawka1522
frask1524
false point?1528
conveyance1534
compass1540
fineness1546
far-fetch?a1562
stratagem1561
finesse1562
entrapping1564
convoyance1578
lift1592
imagine1594
agitation1600
subtleship1614
artifice1620
navation1628
wimple1638
rig1640
lapwing stratagem1676
feint1679
undercraft1691
fly-flap1726
management1736
fakement1811
old tricka1822
fake1829
trickeration1940
swiftie1945
shrewdie1961
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception
wrenchc888
swikec893
braida1000
craftOE
wile1154
crookc1175
trokingc1175
guile?c1225
hocket1276
blink1303
errorc1320
guileryc1330
sleightc1340
knackc1369
deceitc1380
japec1380
gaudc1386
syllogism1387
mazec1390
mowa1393
train?a1400
trantc1400
abusionc1405
creekc1405
trickc1412
trayc1430
lirtc1440
quaint?a1450
touch1481
pawka1522
false point?1528
practice1533
crink1534
flim-flamc1538
bobc1540
fetcha1547
abuse1551
block1553
wrinklec1555
far-fetch?a1562
blirre1570
slampant1577
ruse1581
forgery1582
crank1588
plait1589
crossbite1591
cozenage1592
lock1598
quiblin1605
foist1607
junt1608
firk1611
overreach?1615
fob1622
ludification1623
knick-knacka1625
flam1632
dodge1638
gimcrack1639
fourbe1654
juggle1664
strategy1672
jilt1683
disingenuity1691
fun1699
jugglementa1708
spring1753
shavie1767
rig?1775
deception1794
Yorkshire bite1795
fakement1811
fake1829
practical1833
deceptivity1843
tread-behind1844
fly1861
schlenter1864
Sinonism1864
racket1869
have1885
ficelle1890
wheeze1903
fast one1912
roughie1914
spun-yarn trick1916
fastie1931
phoney baloney1933
fake-out1955
okey-doke1964
mind-fuck1971
1402 in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 45 A! for-writhen serpent, thi wyles ben aspied, with a thousand wrynkels thou vexed many soules.
a1555 H. Latimer Let. 15 July in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1350/2 When you note me to be so muche abused by so ignorante a manne, so simple, so playne, and so farre without all wrincles.
c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Bvv Euery wrynkel they haue to couer and worke disceit with al.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 12 Euery wyle, &..euery wrinckle of womens disposition.
8. colloquial.in extended use.1832 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 44 I was..among the workmen, getting some ne plus ultra wrinkles done for the great gun, covers, etc.
a. A clever or adroit expedient or trick; a happy device; a ‘dodge’. Esp. (U.S.) in a new wrinkle.Frequently from c1840 in to put one up to a wrinkle (or two).Perhaps a development from the following, or some similar piece of repartee:
1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 74 They say, mocking is catching. Miss. I never heard that. Neverout. Why, then,..you have a Wrinkle——more than ever you had before.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax
pratOE
mowa1393
pageant?c1430
jimp?1572
prank1576
jest1578
jig1592
frump1593
trick1605
bilk1664
fun1699
plisky1706
humbug1750
hum1751
practical joke1751
marlock1763
quiz1795
practical joke1804
skite1804
hoax1808
skit1815
wrinkle1817
rusty1835
funny business1838
string1851
stringer1851
cod1862
mank1865
spoof1889
leg-pull1893
rannygazoo1896
shenanigan1926
gotcha1967
to throw a fastball1968
wind-up1984
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient
costOE
craftOE
custc1275
ginc1275
devicec1290
enginec1300
quaintisec1300
contrevurec1330
castc1340
knackc1369
findinga1382
wilea1400
conject14..
skiftc1400
policy?1406
subtilityc1410
policec1450
conjecturea1464
industry1477
invention1516
cunning1526
shift1530
compass1540
chevisance1548
trade1550
tour1558
fashion1562
invent?1567
expediment1571
trick1573
ingeny1588
machine1595
lock1598
contrival1602
contrivement1611
artifice1620
recipea1643
ingenuity1651
expedient1653
contrivance1661
excogitation1664
mechanism1669
expediency1683
stroke1699
spell1728
management1736
manoeuvre1769
move1794
wrinkle1817
dodge1842
jigamaree1847
quiff1881
kink1889
lurk1916
gadget1920
fastie1931
ploy1940
1817 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 111 He could put her up to a wrinkle or two.
1848 Punch July 19 He..knows ‘a wrinkle’ of everything.
1875 ‘S. Beauchamp’ N. Hamilton II. 155 ‘You surely don't mean to say you are going to fish with blue-bottles?’ ‘Yes, I do... It's a wrinkle.’
1882 Cassell's Bk. Sports 40 Such wrinkles experience alone will teach.
1941 W. C. Handy Father of Blues iv. 35 In addition to twirling their batons, they added the new wrinkle of tossing them back and forth to each other as they marched.
1969 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Aug. 3/3 The idea for the briefings, a new wrinkle in selling Presidential policy, came from White House communications director Herbert Klein.
1978 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 37/3 In his budget proposals, the president came up with an investment tax credit with a new wrinkle: If passed by Congress, it will apply to structures as well as to capital equipment.
1984 Gainesville (Florida) Sun 29 Mar. 4 a (cartoon) This guy Chernenko should put a new wrinkle in Russian politics.
b. A piece or item of useful information, knowledge, or advice; a helpful or valuable hint; a ‘tip’.
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society > communication > information > [noun] > special or useful
hint1777
wrinkle1818
tip1845
hunch1849
the straight tip1871
kinklea1873
speech1874
quiff1881
pointer1884
griffin1889
griff1891
tip-off1901
rumble1905
wheeze1906
drum1915
1818 Sporting Mag. 2 232 On that most auspicious day, I acquired two additional wrinkles.
1862 W. P. Lennox Recreat. Sportsm. I. 277 While upon the subject of yachting, we would venture to offer..a ‘wrinkle’ as to coppering them.
1894 H. Caine Manxman vi. xii. 402 [That] news..hasn't got into the papers yet, but I've had the official wrinkle.
9. Cant. An untruth, fib, lie.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie
liec900
leasingc1000
falsehoodc1290
falsedom1297
gabbinga1300
fablec1300
follyc1300
fittenc1440
untruthc1449
crackc1450
fallacy1481
falsity1557
falsedict1579
untroth1581
crackera1625
flam1632
mendacity1646
fairy story1692
false1786
whid1794
gag1805
wrinkle1819
reacher1828
cram1842
untruism1845
crammer1861
inveracity1864
bung1882
fairy tale1896
mistruth1897
post-and-rails1945
pork pie1973
porky1985
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 226 Wrinkle, an untruth.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. † wrinkle-wizard n. Obsolete
wrinkle-filling n.
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1613 T. Dekker Strange Horse-race sig. D4v The Founder and Vpholder of Paintings,..Wrinkle-fillings, and Botchings vp of old..Faces.
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1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night F j b So Socrates..was censured by a wrinckle-wyzard.
b. † wrinkle fronted adj. Obsolete
wrinkle-coated adj.
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1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 55 Curdly or wrinkle-coated Cheese.
wrinkle-faced adj.
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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iv. 127 Ingenious Saturne,..bald, hoarie, wrinckle-faced.
1907 J. London Before Adam xii A little..fellow, wrinkle-faced.
wrinkle-free adj.
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1963 New Yorker 8 June 74 (advt.) Stay neat and wrinkle-free all day.
1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. 9 a (advt.) Sheets in wrinkle-free and easy-care cotton/polyester percale.
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1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 70 Was neuer Bull so fell with wrinckle fronted face.
wrinkle-furrowed adj.
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1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination iii. 129 A female old and gray, With..wrinkle-furrow'd brow.
wrinkle-proof adj.
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1957 Economist 31 Aug. 685/2 The steady introduction of new fibres..new chemicals..to render cloth..wrinkle-proof.
wrinkle-resistant adj.
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1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 382/2 Wrinkle-resistant.
1969 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 20 Perma Prest for great no-iron, wrinkle-resistant performance.
wrinkle-scaled adj.
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1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (1836) 716 Podolepis rugata, wrinkle-scaled Podolepis.
c.
wrinkle maker n.
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1836 E. Howard Rattlin lxvii Thought is a sad wrinkle maker.
C2.
wrinkle ridge n. Astronomy one of the long, irregular ridges that can be seen on the maria of the moon and Mars.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [noun] > Mars > mare > ridge
wrinkle ridge1944
the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun] > surface of > mare > ridge
wrinkle ridge1944
1944 J. E. Spurr Geol. applied to Selenol. I. viii. 60 The wrinkle-ridges are distinct from faults in appearance... The ridges on the surface of the mare are not straight; they are curving, branching, imbricating, plaited.
1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth vii. 106 (caption) The wrinkle ridges on the surface of Mare Tranquilitatis.
1978 Sci. Amer. Mar. 81/1 The Viking orbiter photographs show that much of the surface of Mars retains crisp topographic detail: lava flows, wrinkle ridges and crater ejecta stand out in sharp relief.
Derivatives
ˈwrinkleful adj. full of wrinkles or creases.
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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
1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 116 With her best Complexions, Shee mends her Face's wrinkle-full defections.
ˈwrinklet n. a small wrinkle.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > wrinkle or crease > small
wrinklet1845
ruckle1853
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 220 The lake smoothed down Each shining wrinkle.
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wrinklen.2
/ˈrɪŋkl/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋk(ə)l/ Now south-western dialect and local U.S.
The periwinkle or whelk. Also transferred.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Buccinidae > genus or member of genus Buccinum (whelks)
whelkc725
periwinkle1530
wrinkle1589
Buccinum1601
sea-cornet1601
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Littorinidae > member of genus Littorina (periwinkle)
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winkle1585
wrinkle1589
pin-patch1694
wink1851
Littorina1857
1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 1724 A walke, or wrinkle, turbo.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 30v Wrinckles,..and Muscles, are gathered by hand, vpon the rockes.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 13 I run to seeke for Oysters and small Wrinckles.
1750 R. Heath Nat. & Hist. Acct. Scilly 46 Of Shell-fish are denominated..Shrimps, Limpets, Wrinkles.
1795 J. Wolcot Royal Tour Proem. 24 She swears I'm..Rather a wrinkle, limpet, paltry muscle.
a1870 J. Couch Hist. Polperro (1871) 153 A journey to the sea-coast..to pick ‘wrinkles’.
1880–2 in Cornwall glossaries.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
wrinklev.
/ˈrɪŋkl/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋk(ə)l/ 1. in extended use.1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler v. 127 If he sees the water but wrinkle or move in one of these dead holes. View more context for this quotation1864 R. Buchanan Proteus in Undertones iii A trackless Ocean wrinkling tempest-wing'd.
a. intransitive. To suffer or undergo contraction or puckering into wrinkles or small folds; to become corrugated. Also with †together, up.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles
wizenc890
clinga1000
shrinkc1000
rivelOE
snurpc1300
wrinkle1528
warp1579
shrivel1588
pucker1598
shirpc1639
tuck1797
weazen1821
cringle1823
swivel1898
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > become corrugated [verb (intransitive)] > become wrinkled
rivelOE
snurpc1300
runklea1425
crumple?c1450
wrinkle1528
purse1597
pucker1598
crinklea1600
crimple1600
rumple1622
ruckle1695
ruck1758
crunkle1825
pocket1873
crease1876
full1889
concertina1918
furrow1961
1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. C iij This crampe..wherby the membre is made shorte and great, and wrynkelynge to gether as lether.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 785/2 I wrinkell, as a kercher or a garment dothe, Je plionne.
1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 47 in Jewell House If ye kernel do wrinkle or run together.
1688 G. Parker & J. Stalker Treat. Japaning 30 Suffer [your print]..not to cockle, wrinkle, or rise up in little bladders.
1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) 90 [This] Apple..is apt to wrinkle and wither.
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 62 The neckcloth, after four vain attempts, wrinkled round his neck in folds.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. 147 The ice..seemed to wrinkle up in obedience to the pressure.
b. Of persons, the face, etc.: To become creased or puckered; to assume or undergo marking with wrinkles, creases, or lines; to crease.
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the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [verb (intransitive)] > wrinkle
rivelOE
wrinkle1530
frounce1532
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 785/2 Your face begynneth to wrinkell.
1606 J. Marston Parasitaster ii. C 3 What are you fleering at? ther's some weakenes in your brother you wrinkle at thus.
a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. iv. 36 If he reach Old Age..his Face wrinkles.
1706 London Gaz. No. 4252/4 When he Smiles both corners of his Mouth wrinkle.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 89. ¶5 The finest Skin wrinkles in a few Years.
a1821 J. Keats Hyperion (new ed.) 12 in Misc. Philobiblon Soc. (1856–7) III This old image here, Whose carved features wrinkled as he fell.
1890 Nature 20 Feb. 378 Its body began to wrinkle and to plump up.
c. To contract into smiles, etc., by puckering.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (intransitive)] > distort
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mowc1450
snowrec1450
to make (also pull) a facec1522
to throw one's facea1525
pot1549
mop1567
murgeonc1586
to cut facesa1616
wrimple1657
work1753
grimace1762
mowl1837
wrinkle1843
mug1856
girn1900
1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. ix. 171 Doleful's face wrinkled into half its usual size with delight.
1853 J. B. Mozley Lett. (1885) 221 His face wrinkles into countless smiles.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > move sinuously
wrinkle1565
wringle1596
erch1601
worm1610
serpent1818
snake1902
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Piscis tortilis, a fish that writheth and wrinkleth.
1653 W. Lauson Comm. Dennys' Secrets Angling 21 There be divers wayes to catch the wrinkling Eele.
3. absolute.1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 75v/1 This pouldre..draweth together the loosed parte, it dryeth, riueleth, or wrynkeleth.figurative and in figurative contexts.1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 78 A Grecian Queene, whose youth and freshnesse, Wrincles Apolloes. View more context for this quotation1647 T. Calvert Heart-salve To Rdr. 3 The other carries with it a decor and beautie that no old age..can wrinkle or furrow with uncomelinesse.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 843 A keen North-winde..Wrinkl'd the face of Deluge, as decai'd. View more context for this quotation1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 463 What is the secular Music that thirty years have not wrinkled, withered, and rendered superannuated!1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 244 One..Whose heart was wrinkled long before his brow?absolute.a1832 G. Crabbe Midnight in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1988) I. 438 The Brow of State, On which Distraction..helps the Scythe of Time to wrinkle there.
a. transitive. To form or cause corrugations, wrinkles, or folds in or on (a surface, etc.); to corrugate. Occasionally in figurative context. Also with over.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle or crease
frounce1390
frumple1398
crunklec1400
plighta1425
crinklec1430
crimple1440
rimple1440
rivel1543
wrinkle1543
crease1588
shrivel1609
befrumple1611
frowze1611
wrimple1611
pucker1616
furl1689
ruck1706
runkle1720
crink1821
furrow1853
crumple1858
ruckle1866
bumfle1911
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fronser, to..wrinkle, crumple, frumple.
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. iv. 178 Neither do I care to wrincle the smoothness of History with rugged names of places unknown.
1766 Compl. Farmer at Madder Too hasty a drying wrinkles and splits the bark.
1796 S. T. Coleridge To Young Friend 38 A beauteous spring..scarce wrinkled by the gale!
1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 30 The flood of cloud, Which sunrise from its eastern caves Drives, wrinkling into golden waves.
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. i. 68 A wind swept forth wrinkling the Earth with frost.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Crinkle,..to wrinkle, twist, plait, or rumple irregularly.
a1856 T. Seddon in Mem. & Lett. (1858) 205 A wilderness of mountain tops, in some places..wrinkled over with ravines.
b. To contract or draw (the skin, countenance, etc.) into creases or wrinkles; to pucker, crease. Also reflexive.
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the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle
frounce1390
shrinka1398
rivel1543
irrugate1566
wrinkle1566
plough1590
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furrow1597
purse1598
ruge1615
trench1624
lirkc1686
seam1695
line1819
wrink1821
engrain1862
1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xxiii. f. 46 That the swellyng of their body, might not irrugate and wrinckle their faces.
1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iii. iii. 1324 My master will..looke on the title and wrinckle his browe.
a1661 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. (1673) 298 He..ne're wrinkled his nose.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. at Frown To..wrinkle the Forehead.
1798 R. Southey Surgeon's Warning vi He wrinkled his black eye-brow.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. v. vii. 629 As if the face of the Sphynx were to wrinkle itself in laughter.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xv. 131 Wrinkling his face into a very map of curves and corners.
c. With up.
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the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle
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shrinka1398
rivel1543
irrugate1566
wrinkle1566
plough1590
wrinklec1590
furrow1597
purse1598
ruge1615
trench1624
lirkc1686
seam1695
line1819
wrink1821
engrain1862
c1590 Sir Thomas More (1911) iii. ii. 205 For know,..Mirth wrinckls vpp my face.
1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical i. 3 Wrinkling up his Nostrils.
1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. v. 33 That no foul Linen wrinkle up the Nose.
1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci i. iii. 14 I fear that wicked laughter round his eye Which wrinkles up the skin even to the hair.
1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard v. ii. 186 Sad at her mouth a little, with drawn cheeks And eyelids wrinkled up.
d. To screw up (the eyes). Also with up.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (transitive)] > by size, shape, etc.
sparkle1601
stain1831
wrinkle1841
bug1865
scrouge1909
scrooch1929
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vi. 110 Quilp, wrinkling up his eyes and luring her towards him with his bent forefinger.
1901 W. R. H. Trowbridge Lett. Mother to Elizabeth x. 43 Blanche wrinkled her eyes at him in the prettiest way.
4. To manifest (something) in or by facial wrinkles. Also reflexive.
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the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [verb (transitive)] > manifest in or by wrinkles
wrinklea1586
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xix. sig. Bb5 Some ill-fauoured cheerefulnesse..began to wrinckle it selfe in his face.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. xiii. 226 Only crow's feet were wrinkled round them [sc. eyes]—marks of black old Time.
5. intransitive. Cant. (See quot. 1819.)
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lie, tell lies [verb (intransitive)]
lie971
leasec1000
triflec1305
gabc1330
fablec1525
fitten1577
falsify1629
Cretize1655
a bottle of smoke1787
wrinkle1819
blague1883
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 226 Wrinkle, to lie, or utter a falsehood.
Derivatives
ˈwrinkler n. Cant (See quot. 1819.)
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a liar
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gabbera1325
fabler1362
wernard1362
leasing-mongerc1380
false sayera1382
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leasing-bearerc1440
contriver1477
drivelard1530
falsifier1532
lie-teller1552
Ananias1572
lick-dish1575
falsificator1609
fabulist1626
cracka1640
leaser1641
commentiter1645
prevaricator1650
cracker1652
bugiarda1670
rapper1758
pseudologist1804
Tom Pepper1818
wrinkler1819
lie-monger1830
untruther1889
tale-teller1894
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 226 Wrinkler, a person prone to lying; such a character is called also a gully.
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n.21589v.1528- to be out to get a person
- to be outside of
- to be over the moon
- to be overstanding for honours
- to be p and q
- to be packed in like sardines
- to be packed like sardines
- to be pally
- to be pally with
- to be pals
- to be pals with
- to be perceived
- to be perfectly honest
- to be petted on
- to be placed on the gaddi
- to be pleased to a feather
- to be poured on
- to be pregnant by
- to be prepared
- to be priest
- to be put in security
- to be put in the bag
- to be put into the hat
- to be put to bed with a shovel
- to be put to one's fathers