Etymology

crimple

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Today it means: to crumple, crimp Full definition →

Middle English crymplen
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromcrymplen
  2. English todaycrimple

From Middle English crymplen, equivalent to crimp + -le (frequentative suffix).

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