creasy
See also: Creasy
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹiːsi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɹisi/
Adjective edit
creasy (comparative creasier, superlative creasiest)
- Full of creases.
- 1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss[1], Edinburgh: William Blackwood, Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 3, p. 26:
- Mrs. Glegg had on her fuzziest front, and garments which appeared to have had a recent resurrection from rather a creasy form of burial;
- 1864, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Enoch Arden”, in Enoch Arden, Etc.[2], London: Moxon, page 41:
- And o’er her second father stoopt a girl,
[...] and from her lifted hand
Dangled a length of ribbon and a ring
To tempt the babe, who rear’d his creasy arms,
Caught at and ever miss’d it, and they laugh’d:
- 1891, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, “The Twelfth Guest”, in A New England Nun and Other Stories[3], New York: Harper, pages 66–67:
- He searched there a day and half a night, pulling all the soiled, creasy old papers out of the drawers and pigeon-holes before he would answer his wife's inquiries as to what he had lost.
- 2011 May 8, Simon Chilvers, “The fashion briefing”, in The Guardian:
- [...] the store has created an exclusive fabric that looks like 100% linen but has (invisible) polyester in it. It’s washable, less creasy and easier to iron.
- (mainly Southern US) Denoting any of several related species of edible, commonly wild, greens, especially upland cress or winter cress.
- 1984 March 1, Fran Marengo et al., “Creasy Greens: Try Growing And Cooking This Edible Wild Plant”, in Mother Earth News:
- Creasy greens are amazingly versatile when it comes to brightening up winter fare. You can try them in any recipe that calls for watercress or cooked spinach.
Translations edit
Full of creases