Creaze

/kriːz/ noun

Definition

A crease or wrinkle; a fold (archaic or dialectal term).

Etymology

From Old English creas or crease (possibly from Old Norse krossi 'cross,' or from Latin crispus 'curled'). 'Creaze' is an obsolete variant spelling of 'crease' that survives mainly in historical texts.

Kelly Says

'Creaze' shows English spelling inconsistency in action—before standardized spelling, the same word got written multiple ways (creaze, crease, craze), and eventually one spelling won out, but old variants hide in dusty texts like fossil records of language.

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