Wrinkledy = wrinkled.
A piece of clothing could be too wrinkledy to wear unless you ironed it; a table cloth could be too wrinkledy to use when company comes; a piece of paper could be too wrinkledy to turn in at school.
That concludes my lesson on wrinkledy. Is it a word you’ve ever heard?
Tipper
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My favorite word! lol I use it always.
Such a colorful and expressive term! Yes, I have heard it all my life along with much of the others added here. Now, I’m reminded of my Meemaw saying, ‘Pick up your coat- it’s gettin all wobbled up over yonder.’
Hi Tipper,
Since moving to Hawaii I have taken to wearing some flowerdy dresses and mumu’s. Had me a flowerdy skirt made from a flowerdy flour sack in the 50’s.
God Bless,
Jean
Like TimMc, I am noticing that I am more wrinkledy than I was 40 years ago!
Yep, Kinda noticed that I’m more Wrinkledy than I was 25yrs ago..
Wrinkled and wrinkly I’ve heard, wrinkledy, well…not until now.
God bless.
RB
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Wrinkeldy & flowerdy,too. I saw an old picture yesterday of the flowerdy feed & flour sacks they used to sell. We were past that time, but I remember Mama buying a sack of flour that had a towel attached for free.
Tipper,
I guess that’s what happens if I don’t
get my clothes out of the dryer fast
enough. I bet I’ve got an iron some-
where, ain’t sure. One time I tried
ironing, ended up with more wrinkles
than I started with.
So, I’ll just put some wood in my
stove, something I know about…Ken
Oh yes, I’ve heard and said that all my life and flowerdy too!
Tipper,
Wrinkledy, I guess there is a shorter way to say “all crinkled up!” I fess up, I’ve used wrinkledy a time or three. Like
Sharon’s grandmother, I use “flowerdy” as well. You know I had this old flowerdy, “crinkledy fabric”. It was so wrinkledy, when I pulled it out of the box, I were’nt sure to put it in the quilt pile or not. Sometimes those “wrinkledy” cut pieces just don’t look good in a quilt! After it had a good “sprinkedy” it ironed out fine!
Thanks, “Tippery”
Wrinkled – yes, that one works for me, but wrinkledly – hummm! Nope – never heard that one, but wrinkly does work.
My grandmother used to wear “flowerdy” dresses but she never had any that she called “wrinkledy,”
Tipper–Increasingly, my face (and other portions of my anatomy) is a study in wrinkledy.
Jim Casada
All my life! Wrinkledy is a very descriptive word. It is not just wrinkled but very wrinkled. It is also used to describe some item or fabric that is made with the intention of looking wrinkled. You know, like the clothes kids wear that looks like they have slept in it. So, wrinkeldy is also a fashion statement. LOL!
Very expressive word, if it’s not in the dictionary it should be.
Love it, so much more expressive and exact than wrinkled.
YOU CAN TELL i AM GETTING OLD BY THE WRINKLES ON MY FACE?
Charles Fletcher
Wrinkledy? Never seen it written but have often heard it spoken. Goes well in combination with Crinkledy or as it’s rhyme.
Funnily enough it is, I have used it a few times, but mostly I say wrinkled.
Tipper:
That word wrinkledy is mighty common to me – and especially to folks who heat their irons on a wood-burning store. Back before ‘electricity’ came to the Cove, we could heat our little iron on the cook stove or at the fireplace in the ‘big’ room. The iron is now placed – as a work of art – on the hearth of my ‘big’ fireplace. It is hard to explain to our grandsons why I feel such devotion to my little ‘pressing’ iron!
Thanks for a wonderful ‘wrinkledy’ re-collection!
Eva Nell
Never heard it before but I have now. So much better than ‘wrinkly’, I shall use it on every suitable occasion!