WRINKLY

wrinkled, wrinkly

(adjective) marked by wrinkles; “tired travelers in wrinkled clothes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

wrinkly (comparative wrinklier, superlative wrinkliest)

Having wrinkles.

Synonyms

• bewrinkled, wrinkled; see also wrinkled

Noun

wrinkly (plural wrinklies)

(informal) An old person.

Synonyms

• crinkly, hoarhead, oldster; see also old person

Source: Wiktionary


Wrin"kly, a.

Definition: Full of wrinkles; having a tendency to be wrinkled; corrugated; puckered. G. Eliot. His old wrinkly face grew quite blown out at last. Carlyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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