wrizled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪzəld/

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Adjective

wrizled (comparative more wrizled, superlative most wrizled)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of writhled
   • 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 wrizled shrimp should strike