crinkly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That crinkles.
Example Sentences
- "Again there was that eerie, indefinable something in Cousin Jimmy’s voice or look that gave Emily a sudden crinkly feeling in her spine."
- "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;[…]"
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English crinkle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English crinkly From crinkle + -y.
Usage
Inflected Forms
crinklier (comparative)
more crinkly (comparative)
crinkliest (superlative)
most crinkly (superlative)
crinklies (plural)