• Crepey

    Origin

    crepe + -y

    Full definition of crepey

    Adjective

    crepey

    1. (of skin) Saggy and crinkly, like crepe paper.
      • 2003, Janet Simms, A practical guide to beauty therapyMix a little moisturiser with foundation under the eyes and over the neck if the skin is crepey: this will thin out the foundation a little...
      • 2004, Joseph A Mauriello, Techniques in Cosmetic Eyelid SurgeryThe patient had a crepey appearance of skin prior to blepharoplasty.
      • 2007, January 14, Henry Alford, Books on Broadway, My fat cells went condo and my skin is all crepey.

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