purfly
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]purfly (comparative more purfly, superlative most purfly)
- (archaic, rare) wrinkled
- 1832 May, Thomas Carlyle, “Boswell's Life of Johnson”, in Fraser's Magazine, volume 5, number 28, page 393:
- The purfly, sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible!
Synonyms
[edit]- bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly; see also Thesaurus:wrinkled