crepy

crepey

/ (ˈkreɪpɪ) /

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adjective -ier or -iest

(esp of the skin) having a dry wrinkled appearance like crepe

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Words nearby crepy

creps, crept, crepuscular, crepuscular ray, crepuscule, crepy, cres., Crescas, crescendo, crescendo angina, crescendo murmur

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How to use crepy in a sentence

Crepy Vivian is the cause and chief abettor of this sudden overthrow of arrangements which he was instructed specially to protect.
Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt|Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Joan was away on an expedition to Crepy in Valois, with a small band of three or four hundred brave comrades.
A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times|Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
At nightfall they reached the village of Crepy where they were welcomed eagerly.
The War Romance of the Salvation Army|Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill
You could tell that by the backs of his hands; they weren't wrinkled or crepy and the veins didn't protrude.
Four-Day Planet|Henry Beam Piper

The Zone Major asked if they might be allowed to go as far as Crepy.
The War Romance of the Salvation Army|Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill