writhled

English

Etymology

writhle +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪðəld/

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Adjective

writhled (comparative more writhled, superlative most writhled)

1. (obsolete) wrinkled
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     It cannot be, this weak and writhled shrimp / Should strike such terror to his enemies.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 47:

     Her writhled skin, as rough as maple rind

   • 1598, John Marston, fourth Satire, b.i.

     Cold, writhled eld, his lives-wet almost spent.

Synonyms

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

References

• “writhle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.