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purfly

purfly adjective: wrinkled.

Adjective

purfly (comparative more purfly, superlative most purfly)

  1. (archaic, rare) Wrinkled.
    • [T]hree of the boys, of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one, used to come in the morning as his humble attendants, and carry him [Johnson] to school. […] The purfly, sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible!1832 May, Thomas Carlyle, “[James] Boswell’s Life of [Samuel] Johnson”, in R[alph] W[aldo] E[merson], editor, Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: […], volume III, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and...

Synonyms of purfly

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Forms of purfly

comparativemore purfly
superlativemost purfly

Origin of purfly

From purfle + -y.

Questions about purfly

What does purfly mean?
Purfly means wrinkled.
What part of speech is purfly?
Purfly is an adjective.

Words near purfly in the dictionary

  1. purfled
  2. Purfleet
  3. purfles
  4. purfling
  5. purflings
  6. purfly
  7. purga
  8. purgament
  9. purgaments
  10. purgana
  11. purganas

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