crinkly

English

Etymology

From crinkle +‎ -y.

Adjective

crinkly (comparative crinklier or more crinkly, superlative crinkliest or most crinkly)

1. That crinkles.
   • 1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 7”, in Emily of New Moon:

     Again there was that eerie, indefinable something in Cousin Jimmy’s voice or look that gave Emily a sudden crinkly feeling in her spine.

2. Having crinkles; wrinkly.
   • 1912, John Galsworthy, Quality:

     Himself, he was a little as if made from leather, with his yellow crinkly face, and crinkly reddish hair and beard; and neat folds slanting down his cheeks to the corners of his mouth, and his guttural and one-toned voice; […]

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.

Synonyms

• (having crinkles): bewrinkled, rugose, wrinklesome; see also Thesaurus:wrinkled

Derived terms

• crinkliness
• scrunkly

 

Translations

that crinkles

• French: froufroutant (fr)
• Middle English: crisp

Noun

crinkly (plural crinklies)

1. (derogatory) An old person.

Synonyms

• antique, coffin dodger, wrinkly; see also Thesaurus:old person