wrinkle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a clever method of doing something, especially something new and different

   I was shown a wrinkle that saved me many hours of work.

2. 2
   verb

   become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

   This fabric won't wrinkle.

3. 3
   verb

   make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface

   Make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in.

From Middle English wrynklen, wrinklen (“to wrinkle”), from Old English *wrinclian (attested in past participle ġewrinclod (“wrinkled, crooked, winding”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch wronckelen, wrinckelen (“to wind, wrap, meander”), modern dialectal Dutch wrinkelen (“to wrinkle”). Compare also Middle English runklen (“to wrinkle, become wrinkled”).

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