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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