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pruny

pruny adjective: (Of skin) wrinkled, especially in reference to the rugosity of digits soaked in water.

Adjective

pruny (comparative more pruny, superlative most pruny)

  1. (informal) (Of skin) wrinkled, especially in reference to the rugosity of digits soaked in water.
    • The schoolmarm came to an abrupt stop in her arithmetic quizzing, her face set into a pruny scowl that looked to be permanent.2013, Josh Rountree, Lon Prater, Alamo Rising
    Synonyms:
    bewrinkled
  2. Resembling prunes, prune-like.
    • It has a pruney flavor.
  3. Of, or pertaining to, prunes.
    • full of pruney goodness

Synonyms of pruny

Forms of pruny

comparativemore pruny
superlativemost pruny
alternative formpruney

Origin of pruny

From prune + -y.

Words that rhyme with pruny

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Questions about pruny

What does pruny mean?
Pruny means (Of skin) wrinkled, especially in reference to the rugosity of digits soaked in water.
What part of speech is pruny?
Pruny is an adjective.

Words near pruny in the dictionary

  1. prunted
  2. prunts
  3. Prunty
  4. Pruntys
  5. prunus
  6. pruny
  7. pruriception
  8. pruriceptive
  9. pruriceptor
  10. pruriceptors
  11. prurience

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