wrinklyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈrɪŋkli/, U.S.

/ˈrɪŋk(ə)li/

Etymology: < wrinkle n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

A. adj.

Full of, marked with, wrinkles; creased; puckered; crumpled.

ΘΠ

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

1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos x. Dd iv b Him Tryton..blew with whelked shell, Whose wrinckly wreathed flue, did fearful shril in seas outyell.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 117 The Fruit being ripe is wrinkly.

1748 W. Shenstone School-mistress xxix, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (ed. 2) I. 259 Sour'd by age,..he..furls his wrinkly front.

1793 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy (abridged ed.) vii. 46 Foreheads..which are wrinkly, short and shining.

1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross (new ed.) lxxv. 535 The captain older and more wrinkly than she expected.

1882 Sladen in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 16 197 The whole membrane becomes very thick and wrinkly.

in extended use.1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iii. xxxii. 151 Mrs Waule..giving occasional dry wrinkly indications of crying.

B. n.

Also wrinklie. An old or middle-aged person. slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > old person > [noun]

oldeOE

morea1382

olderc1450

ancient1502

mouldy chopsa1640

antediluvian1648

prediluvian1690

emerit1710

pelt1757

old fogey1793

antique1801

relic1832

old head1838

oldster1846

elderling1863

the Ancient of Days1935

senior citizen1938

OAP1942

golden ager1948

coffin dodger1954

wrinkly1972

crumbly1976

geriatric1977

1972 A. Birchall Living in Landscape 51 (heading) What do we do with the Wrinklies?

1976 Times 31 Aug. 10/8 A Henley reader..says that her teenage daughter reserves ‘wrinklie’ for the 60-year-old generation. The reader and her husband..are known as ‘oldies’.

1980 Times 28 Oct. 12/6 It's pointless to go on a CND march. They're all wrinklies.

1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 159/3 Wrinkly n., middle-aged Sloane—between 40 and 50.

1983 Church Times 11 Mar. 13/2 I am a wrinkly whose monthly cheque from the Church Commissioners is labelled ‘Diocesan Dignitary’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wrinkly
释义	wrinklyadj.n. Brit. /ˈrɪŋkli/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋk(ə)li/ Etymology: < wrinkle n.¹ + -y suffix¹. A. adj. Full of, marked with, wrinkles; creased; puckered; crumpled. ΘΠ 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 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos x. Dd iv b Him Tryton..blew with whelked shell, Whose wrinckly wreathed flue, did fearful shril in seas outyell. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 117 The Fruit being ripe is wrinkly. 1748 W. Shenstone School-mistress xxix, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (ed. 2) I. 259 Sour'd by age,..he..furls his wrinkly front. 1793 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy (abridged ed.) vii. 46 Foreheads..which are wrinkly, short and shining. 1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross (new ed.) lxxv. 535 The captain older and more wrinkly than she expected. 1882 Sladen in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 16 197 The whole membrane becomes very thick and wrinkly. in extended use.1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iii. xxxii. 151 Mrs Waule..giving occasional dry wrinkly indications of crying. B. n. Also wrinklie. An old or middle-aged person. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [noun] oldeOE morea1382 olderc1450 ancient1502 mouldy chopsa1640 antediluvian1648 prediluvian1690 emerit1710 pelt1757 old fogey1793 antique1801 relic1832 old head1838 oldster1846 elderling1863 the Ancient of Days1935 senior citizen1938 OAP1942 golden ager1948 coffin dodger1954 wrinkly1972 crumbly1976 geriatric1977 1972 A. Birchall Living in Landscape 51 (heading) What do we do with the Wrinklies? 1976 Times 31 Aug. 10/8 A Henley reader..says that her teenage daughter reserves ‘wrinklie’ for the 60-year-old generation. The reader and her husband..are known as ‘oldies’. 1980 Times 28 Oct. 12/6 It's pointless to go on a CND march. They're all wrinklies. 1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 159/3 Wrinkly n., middle-aged Sloane—between 40 and 50. 1983 Church Times 11 Mar. 13/2 I am a wrinkly whose monthly cheque from the Church Commissioners is labelled ‘Diocesan Dignitary’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1573
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