shrivelled
English
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Etymology
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editshrivelled (comparative more shrivelled, superlative most shrivelled) (British spelling)
- 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.
- Collapsed in size.
Translations
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editshrivelled
- (British spelling) simple past and past participle of shrivel