WORD OF THE DAY: SHRIVELDY

SHRIVELDY

​ADJ.
withered; shrivelled up, shrunk up ...1840

ETYMOLOGY
from shrivelled (adj.) + -y

FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1840 - see EXAMPLE below

EXAMPLE
"...Nothing very particular, Sir Matthew, unless it is because of the unaccountable fuss he makes about his elder brother, who is but a poor rickety, shriveldy sort of a child. For some reason or other, his bones never seemed to come rightly straight..."
From: The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, The Factory Boy
- Frances Trollope
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