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writhled

/ˈɹɪðəld/

writhled adjective: wrinkled.

Adjective

writhled (comparative more writhled, superlative most writhled)

  1. (obsolete) wrinkled
    • It cannot be, this weak and writhled shrimp / Should strike such terror to his enemies.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • Her writhled skin, as rough as maple rind1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 47

Synonyms of writhled

Forms of writhled

comparativemore writhled
superlativemost writhled

Origin of writhled

From writhle + -ed.

Questions about writhled

What does writhled mean?
Writhled means wrinkled.
What part of speech is writhled?
Writhled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce writhled?
Writhled is pronounced /ˈɹɪðəld/.

Words near writhled in the dictionary

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

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