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writhle

/ˈɹɪðəl/

writhle verb: to wrinkle, to shrink.

Verb

writhle (third-person singular simple present writhles, present participle writhling, simple past and past participle writhled)

  1. (obsolete) to wrinkle, to shrink
    • Her writhled skin, as rough as Maple rind1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of writhle

third-person singular presentwrithles
present participlewrithling
past participlewrithled
pastwrithled

Origin of writhle

From writhe + -le (frequentative suffix).

Questions about writhle

What does writhle mean?
Writhle means to wrinkle, to shrink.
What part of speech is writhle?
Writhle is a verb.
How do you pronounce writhle?
Writhle is pronounced /ˈɹɪðəl/.
What is the past tense of writhle?
The past tense of writhle is writhled.

Words near writhle in the dictionary

  1. writhers
  2. writhes
  3. writhing
  4. writhingly
  5. writhings
  6. writhle
  7. writhled
  8. Writhlington
  9. writhy
  10. writin'
  11. writing

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