writhle

W4R1I1T1H4L1E1
/ˈɹɪðəl/

verb

to wrinkle, to shrink

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Meanings

verbwrithle (third-person singular simple present writhles, present participle writhling, simple past and past participle writhled)

present singular third person writhles · participle present writhling · participle past writhled · past writhled

  1. obsoleteto wrinkle, to shrink

    Her writhled skin, as rough as Maple rind

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

From writhe + -le (frequentative suffix).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

whirtle
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APA

writhle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/writhle

MLA

“writhle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/writhle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “writhle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/writhle.

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