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crepey

crepey adjective: saggy and crinkly, like crepe paper.

Adjective

crepey (comparative more crepey, superlative most crepey)

  1. Saggy and crinkly, like crepe paper.
    • A shock of wispy newwashed hair stood up from his forehead; his nose was thin, pointed, and shiny; he had no chin to speak of—it seemed to be part of his crepey neck.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
    • Mix a little moisturiser with foundation under the eyes and over the neck if the skin is crepey: this will thin out the foundation a little...2003, Janet Simms, A practical guide to beauty therapy

Examples of crepey in a sentence

  • The patient had a crepey appearance of skin prior to blepharoplasty.2004, Joseph A Mauriello, Techniques in Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery:
  • My fat cells went condo and my skin is all crepey.2007 January 14, Henry Alford, “Books on Broadway”, in New York Times:

Forms of crepey

comparativemore crepey
superlativemost crepey

Origin of crepey

From crepe + -y.

Questions about crepey

What does crepey mean?
Crepey means saggy and crinkly, like crepe paper.
How do you use crepey in a sentence?
The patient had a crepey appearance of skin prior to blepharoplasty.
What part of speech is crepey?
Crepey is an adjective.

Words near crepey in the dictionary

  1. creperies
  2. crepers
  3. crepes
  4. crepes de Chine
  5. crepes suzette
  6. crepey
  7. crepida
  8. crepidae
  9. crepidoma
  10. crepidomas
  11. crepidomata

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