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wrinkle

Best crossword clue

"Small skin crease"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɪŋkl̩/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eiklnrwStarts with WEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

Word origin

From Middle English wrinkle, wrynkel (“crease, fold, wrinkle”), from the verb (see below). Cognate with Dutch wrinkel (“wrinkle, crease”). Compare also Middle English runkel (“wrinkle”), from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkwǭ (“wrinkle, crease”), whence also French fronce (“crooked smile, scowl, frown”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”), Danish rynke (“wrinkle”), Swedish rynka and rynkla (“wrinkle”).

Used in a sentence

  • Spending time out in the sun may cause you to develop wrinkles sooner.
  • We need to iron out the wrinkles in the plan before implementing it.
  • We've added a couple of new wrinkles to the policy.

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