Puckered
/ˈpʌkərd/noun
Wrinkled or gathered into small folds; also, tightened into a puckered shape.
Did you know?The word is historically connected to a family of forms meaning to bunch up or curl, and it may ultimately be linked to a sound-symbolic root that mimics a sudden squeeze or contraction.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*beug-
“to bend, curve, or fold”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*būk- / *būkō
“to bend, bulge, or be curved”
Middle English
English
pouken / poken
“to poke out, swell, or gather into a lump”
16th Century
English
pucker
“to wrinkle, gather, or contract into folds”
Modern English
English
puckered
“made wrinkled or gathered into small folds”