Rivel

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈɹɪvÉ™l/

Full definition of rivel

Verb

1. (intransitive) To shrivel, wrinkle (up).
2. (transitive) To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review Books 2001, p. 279:they crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies ...

Noun

1. (obsolete) A wrinkle; a rimple.
2. (US) A kind of dumpling made from egg and wheat flour, often eaten in soup.

Anagrams

• liver, livre, viler