purfly

English

Etymology

From purfle +‎ -y.

Adjective

purfly (comparative more purfly, superlative most purfly)

1. (archaic, rare) wrinkled
   • 1832 May, Thomas Carlyle, “Boswell's Life of Johnson”, in Fraser's Magazine, volume 5, number 28, page 393:

     The purfly, sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible!

Synonyms

• bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly; see also Thesaurus:wrinkled