corrugant

English

Etymology

From Latin corrugans, present participle of corrugo (“I wrinkle”), from cor- + ruga (“furrow”).

Adjective

corrugant (comparative more corrugant, superlative most corrugant)

  1. Having the power of contracting into wrinkles.
    • 1723, John Harris, Lexicon Technicum:
      corrugant muscles

References
  • corrugant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Verb

corrūgant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of corrūgō
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