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单词 crinkliness
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crinklinessn.

Brit. /ˈkrɪŋklɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkrɪŋk(ə)linᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: crinkly adj.1, -ness suffix.
Etymology: < crinkly adj.1 + -ness suffix.
The quality or condition of being crinkly.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition
wrinkledness1552
crumpledness1805
seaminess1875
crinkliness1893
1893 Cent. Mag. Feb. 530/1 Her hair, which had taken several tumbles under the late stress, showed..that pretty crinkliness, and excellent habit of waving or curling at unexpected moments.
1927 R. A. Freeman Certain Dr. Thorndyke ii. xv. 228 Mr. Wamploe's advice produced on Polton's countenance a smile of most extraordinary crinkliness.
1961 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 61 No. 6. 20/1 (advt.) This crinkliness and the multi-ply thickness are what give Kerlix its exclusive quality of fluffiness.
2002 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 9 June My skin no longer had the puckered crinkliness of an old apple.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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