creasy

See also: Creasy

English

Etymology

From crease +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiːsi/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹisi/

Adjective

creasy (comparative creasier, superlative creasiest)

Full of creases.
- 1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 3, p. 26,
  Mrs. Glegg had on her fuzziest front, and garments which appeared to have had a recent resurrection from rather a creasy form of burial;
- 1864, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, Etc., London: Moxon, p. 41,
  And o’er her second father stoopt a girl,
  [...] and from her lifted hand
  Dangled a length of ribbon and a ring
  To tempt the babe, who rear’d his creasy arms,
  Caught at and ever miss’d it, and they laugh’d:
- 1891, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, “The Twelfth Guest” in A New England Nun and Other Stories, New York: Harper, pp. 66-67,
  He searched there a day and half a night, pulling all the soiled, creasy old papers out of the drawers and pigeon-holes before he would answer his wife's inquiries as to what he had lost.
- 2011, Simon Chilvers, “The fashion briefing,” The Guardian, 8 May, 2011,
  [...] the store has created an exclusive fabric that looks like 100% linen but has (invisible) polyester in it. It’s washable, less creasy and easier to iron.
(mainly Southern US) Denoting any of several related species of edible, commonly wild, greens, especially upland cress or winter cress.
- 1984, Fran Marengo et al., “Creasy Greens: Try Growing And Cooking This Edible Wild Plant,” Mother Earth News, 1 March, 1984:
  Creasy greens are amazingly versatile when it comes to brightening up winter fare. You can try them in any recipe that calls for watercress or cooked spinach.

Translations

Full of creases

Bulgarian: набръчкан (bg) (nabrǎčkan), смачкан (bg) (smačkan)
Spanish: con pliegues, arrugado (es)

Anagrams

Careys, Cayers, Raceys, Searcy, carsey, crayes, scarey, scraye