crêpy

See also: crepy

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From crêpe + -y.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɛpi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹeɪpi/

Adjective

crêpy (comparative crêpier, superlative crêpiest)

  1. Resembling or similar to crêpe.
    • 1976, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 46:
      Several years ago he began to point out that my throat was becoming crepy, my color was poor, and I was easily winded.
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 477:
      My shirt was too big and its collar sat loosely around my crêpey neck.
    • 2007, Diana Athill, ‘Somewhere Towards the End’, Granta 98, p. 18:
      women who had always worn a lot of make-up tended to continue to do so, blind to the unfortunate effect it could have on an elastic and crepy skin.

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