Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Somewhat wrinkled; having a tendency to be wrinkled; puckered; creased.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Full of wrinkles; having a tendency to be wrinkled; corrugated; puckered.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having wrinkles.
  • noun informal An old person.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective marked by wrinkles

Etymologies

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wrinkle +‎ -y

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Examples

  • The kooning (aka wrinkly dogs) suffers from some discoloration on one of the rubber toacaps, doesn't take away from them imho as they look best scruffed up ..

    superfuture :: supertalk 2008

  • Remember that – the comedy, featuring debauched "crones", by which I mean characters definitely over 40, exhibiting the kind of wrinkly, female repulsiveness that shouldn't be allowed on to the nation's screens?

    There's a wrinkle in attitudes to women on TV Barbara Ellen 2010

  • The one on the left had a kind of wrinkly base that adapted itself well to this shape, and the one on the right had more of a conical tip that we cut off to make a flat base.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • Usually the buds are smooth and luscious, not kind of wrinkly like this.

    Emergence « Fairegarden 2009

  • Genes codes for traits that are expressed in individual organisms, such as wrinkly and smooth seeds.

    David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection X: Na��ve Gene Selectionism 2009

  • Prof Bateson said inbreeding in pure breeds, breeding dogs for specific looks or extreme characteristics such as wrinkly skin and negligent management of "puppy farms" were all major welfare issues for dogs.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Prof Bateson said inbreeding in pure breeds, breeding dogs for specific looks or extreme characteristics such as wrinkly skin and negligent management of "puppy farms" were all major welfare issues for dogs.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Genes codes for traits that are expressed in individual organisms, such as wrinkly and smooth seeds.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com David Sloan Wilson 2009

  • They are incredibly wrinkly when born (as puppies are kind of wrinkly anyway) and they tend to loose most of their body wrinkles as they mature.

    unknown title 2009

  • Submitter's not a doctor, but I'm going to guess "wrinkly"

    Texas Oasis 2009

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