adjective
- wrinkled or shriveled in appearance, especially like a prune
Usage: informal; commonly used to describe skin that has been in water for a long time
Examples
- After swimming for hours, my fingers looked pruney and pale.
- The old man's pruney face showed the effects of decades in the sun.
- Don't stay in the bath too long or your skin will get pruney.
- Her pruney hands suggested she had spent many years doing laundry.
- The raisins had a pruney texture that some people found unappetizing.