corrugant

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

corrugant (comparative more corrugant, superlative most corrugant)

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

References

“corrugant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

corrūgant

third-person plural present active indicative of corrūgō

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