writhledadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɪðld/, U.S.

/ˈrɪð(ə)ld/

Forms: 1500s 1900s– writheled, 1500s–1600s 1800s– writhled, 1600s writheld.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rivelled adj.

Etymology: Probably an alteration of rivelled adj., after writhen adj.

Now rare and literary.

1. Of a person, the skin, etc.: wrinkled; shrivelled, withered.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [adjective] > wrinkle

rivelledlOE

frounced1422

rivelling1481

wrinkleda1529

rideled1530

writhled1565

rugged1590

furrow-faced1607

shrivelled1607

corrugated1623

furrow-fronted1640

seamed1656

pursed1676

corrugate1745

crow's-footed1831

crow-footed1834

lined1839

crowed1851

wrinkled1859

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Vultus To make the face writheled and wrinkled.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iii. 22 This weake and writhled shrimpe.

1649 R. Lovelace Poems (1904) 100 Cynthia spotted, she impure; Her body writheld.

1693 J. H. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 11 A writhled and discouler'd skin.

1865 A. C. Swinburne St. Dorothy in Poems & Ballads 445 This makes him sad and writhled in his face.

1898 A. Crowley Tale of Archais 60 The writhled visage grew Fouler and fiercer, blacker in its hue.

2000 K. Cushman Matilda Bone (2020) viii. 64 His little raisin eyes peered out under grizzled brows in a face as writhled and brown as a beef roast.

†2. Rough; shaggy. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > beard > types of

tatty1513

writhledc1600

whey-colour1602

Cain-coloureda1616

whey1663

shag-rag1868

Jesus1938

c1600 Timon (1980) v. iv. 78 An Vnshorne heade, a writhled beard, beetle browed.

Compounds

†

writhled-faced adj. Obsolete rare having a wrinkled, shrivelled, or withered face.

ΚΠ

a1655 R. Cox Actæon & Diana (1656) 4 A writhled fac'd companion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	writhled
释义	writhledadj. Brit. /ˈrɪðld/, U.S. /ˈrɪð(ə)ld/ Forms: 1500s 1900s– writheled, 1500s–1600s 1800s– writhled, 1600s writheld. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rivelled adj. Etymology: Probably an alteration of rivelled adj., after writhen adj. Now rare and literary. 1. Of a person, the skin, etc.: wrinkled; shrivelled, withered. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [adjective] > wrinkle rivelledlOE frounced1422 rivelling1481 wrinkleda1529 rideled1530 writhled1565 rugged1590 furrow-faced1607 shrivelled1607 corrugated1623 furrow-fronted1640 seamed1656 pursed1676 corrugate1745 crow's-footed1831 crow-footed1834 lined1839 crowed1851 wrinkled1859 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Vultus To make the face writheled and wrinkled. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iii. 22 This weake and writhled shrimpe. View more context for this quotation 1649 R. Lovelace Poems (1904) 100 Cynthia spotted, she impure; Her body writheld. 1693 J. H. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 11 A writhled and discouler'd skin. 1865 A. C. Swinburne St. Dorothy in Poems & Ballads 445 This makes him sad and writhled in his face. 1898 A. Crowley Tale of Archais 60 The writhled visage grew Fouler and fiercer, blacker in its hue. 2000 K. Cushman Matilda Bone (2020) viii. 64 His little raisin eyes peered out under grizzled brows in a face as writhled and brown as a beef roast. †2. Rough; shaggy. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > beard > types of tatty1513 writhledc1600 whey-colour1602 Cain-coloureda1616 whey1663 shag-rag1868 Jesus1938 c1600 Timon (1980) v. iv. 78 An Vnshorne heade, a writhled beard, beetle browed. Compounds † writhled-faced adj. Obsolete rare having a wrinkled, shrivelled, or withered face. ΚΠ a1655 R. Cox Actæon & Diana (1656) 4 A writhled fac'd companion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < adj.1565
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