crepey

See also: crêpey

English

Etymology

From crepe +‎ -y.

Adjective

crepey (comparative more crepey, superlative most crepey)

1. (of skin) Saggy and crinkly, like crepe paper.
   • 2003, Janet Simms, A practical guide to beauty therapy:

     Mix 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 Surgery:

     The patient had a crepey appearance of skin prior to blepharoplasty.

   • 2007 January 14, Henry Alford, “Books on Broadway”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     My fat cells went condo and my skin is all crepey.

Anagrams

• creepy