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corrugant

corrugant adjective: having the power of contracting into wrinkles.

Adjective

corrugant (comparative more corrugant, superlative most corrugant)

  1. Having the power of contracting into wrinkles.
    • corrugant muscles1723, John Harris, Lexicon Technicum

Forms of corrugant

comparativemore corrugant
superlativemost corrugant

Origin of corrugant

From Latin corrugans, present participle of corrugo (“to wrinkle”), from cor- + ruga (“furrow”).

Questions about corrugant

What does corrugant mean?
Corrugant means having the power of contracting into wrinkles.
What part of speech is corrugant?
Corrugant is an adjective.

Words near corrugant in the dictionary

  1. corroval
  2. corrovaline
  3. Corrowong
  4. corrs
  5. corrs.
  6. corrugant
  7. corrugaphone
  8. corrugaphones
  9. corrugate
  10. corrugated
  11. corrugated cardboard

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