writhle

English

Etymology

From writhe +‎ -le (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪðəl/

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Verb

writhle (third-person singular simple present writhles, present participle writhling, simple past and past participle writhled)

1. (obsolete) to wrinkle, to shrink
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Her writhled skin, as rough as Maple rind

Anagrams

• whirtle