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  • adjective Like a crone; old and withered.

Etymologies

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crone +‎ -like

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Examples

  • I could only hope that I looked aged and cronelike enough for my state of untidiness to be repellent, rather than interesting; my hair was loose, wild, and tangled as witch's moss around my shoulders, and I certainly felt as though I had been crumpled up like an old paper bag.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

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