wrinklier

Variant of wrinkle

wrinkle definition

wrin·kle (riŋ′kəl)

noun

  1. a small ridge or furrow in a normally smooth surface, caused by contraction, crumpling, folding, etc.
  2. a crease or pucker in the skin, as any of those caused by aging, frowning, etc.

Etymology: ME wrinkel, a wrinkle, prob. back-form. < wrinkled < OE (ge)wrinclod, pp. of (ge)wrinclian, to wind about, akin to wringan, to press, wring

transitive verb wrinkled -·kled, wrinkling -·kling

to form a wrinkle or wrinkles in, as by contracting; pucker; crease

intransitive verb

to be or become wrinkled

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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