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wrinklesome

wrinklesome adjective: characterised or marked by wrinkles.

Adjective

wrinklesome (comparative more wrinklesome, superlative most wrinklesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by wrinkles
    • “The Knight of Burgavenny groweth old and wrinklesome, he botched his hymn most woefully, his armour is dull and tarnished, and his arm stiff with age.2013 (original 1888), Arthur Machen, Delphi Collected Works of Arthur Machen: The Chronicle of Clemendy

Forms of wrinklesome

comparativemore wrinklesome
superlativemost wrinklesome

Origin of wrinklesome

From wrinkle + -some.

Questions about wrinklesome

What does wrinklesome mean?
Wrinklesome means characterised or marked by wrinkles.
What part of speech is wrinklesome?
Wrinklesome is an adjective.

Words near wrinklesome in the dictionary

  1. wrinklelessness
  2. wrinkleproof
  3. wrinkler
  4. wrinklers
  5. wrinkles
  6. wrinklesome
  7. wrinklet
  8. wrinklets
  9. wrinklie
  10. wrinklier
  11. wrinklies

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