shrivelled
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Equivalent to shrivel + -ed.
- Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
“A prune is a shrivelled plum.”
“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.
verb
Etymology: Equivalent to shrivel + -ed.
- simple past and past participle of shrivel