shrivelled

English

Alternative forms

• shriveled (US)

Etymology

Equivalent to shrivel +‎ -ed.

Adjective

shrivelled (comparative more shrivelled, superlative most shrivelled) (British spelling)

1. Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.

   A prune is a shrivelled plum.

   • 1847 December, Acton Bell [pseudonym; Anne Brontë], “The Parsonage”, in Agnes Grey. […], London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, page 1:

     All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.

2. Collapsed in size.

Translations

wrinkled due to reduced area

• Greek:

  Ancient: ἰσχνός (iskhnós)

• Latin: marcidus
• Maori: whewhengi

Verb

shrivelled

1. (British spelling) simple past and past participle of shrivel

Related terms

• shrivel up

Anagrams

• Helldivers, hell-divers, helldivers