wrine

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noun

A deep wrinkle.

OriginMiddle English rune, rone ← Old English ryne →
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Meanings

nounwrine (plural wrines)

plural wrines · alternative wry

  1. obsoleteA deep wrinkle.

Origin

  1. Old Englishryne“a watercourse, flow”
  2. Middle Englishrune, rone
  3. Englishwrine

Alteration (due to wrinkle) of earlier rine (“ditch, trench”), from Middle English rune, rone, from Old English ryne (“a watercourse, flow”), from rinnan (“to run”). More at run, runnel.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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