wrinkle

name

1. A surname.

noun

1. A winkle

verb

Etymology: From Middle English wrynklen, wrinklen (“to wrinkle”), from Old English *wrinclian (attested in past participle ġewrinclod (“wrinkled, crooked, winding”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch wronckelen, wrinckelen (“to wind, wrap, meander”), modern dialectal Dutch wrinkelen (“to wrinkle”). Compare also Middle English runklen (“to wrinkle, become wrinkled”).

1. To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.

   “Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.”

   “her wrinkled form in black and white array'd”

2. To pucker or become uneven or irregular.

   “An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle.”

3. To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.

   “The skin is the substance that wrinkles, shows age, stretches, scars and cuts.”

4. To sneer (at).

   “Ther's some weakenes in your brother you wrinkle at”