crepey

American  

[krey-pee] / ˈkreɪ pi /

Or crepy

adjective

crepier, crepiest

1. (especially of the skin) having a wrinkled surface.

   crepey eyelids.

2. like crepe or crepe paper.

   a thin, crepey skirt.

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Other Word Forms

• crepiness noun

Etymology

Origin of crepey

crepe + -y ¹

Example Sentences

She may take a photo of the crepey skin on an arm, or a scar, and sometimes she layers those images with photo collages made from leaves or flowers.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2020

Nora Ephron is the go-to person for women with crepey necks.

From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2019

Because technically, growing older isn’t a problem; Mother Nature has it in for us all, reducing us to shriveled frames and crepey arms en route, eventually, to dust.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2016

Bingo! $6,000, plus another $6,000 for laser removal when you hit late middle age and it’s gone all crepey and is no longer recognizable as a dragon but looks more like a squashed squirrel.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2012

These days, Lourdes recognizes her husband’s face, his thinning reddish hair, and the crepey pouches under his eyes, but he is a stranger to her.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García