purfly

English

Etymology

purfle +‎ -y

Adjective

purfly (comparative more purfly, superlative most purfly)

(archaic, rare) wrinkled
- 1832 May, Thomas Carlyle, “Boswell's Life of Johnson”, in Fraser's Magazine, volume 5, number 28, page 393:
  The purfly, sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible!

Synonyms

bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly; see also Thesaurus:wrinkled

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