purfly

P3U1R1F4L1Y4

adjective

Wrinkled.

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Meanings

adjectivepurfly (comparative more purfly, superlative most purfly)

comparative more purfly · superlative most purfly

  1. archaicrareWrinkled.

    [T]hree of the boys, of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one, used to come in the morning as his humble attendants, and carry him [Johnson] to school. […] The purfly, sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible!

    1832 May, Thomas Carlyle, “[James] Boswell’s Life of [Samuel] Johnson”, in R[alph] W[aldo] E[merson], editor, Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: […], volume III, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, published 1839, →OCLC, page 147

    Synonyms: bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly, bewrinkled, creased, lined, crinkly, pruny

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveWrinkled.

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Also see
bewrinkledcrumpledrugoserumpledwrinkled

Origin

From purfle + -y.

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APA

purfly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purfly

MLA

“purfly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purfly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “purfly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purfly.

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