Meanings
crimple1
present singular third person crimples · participle present crimpling · participle past crimpled · past crimpled
- archaicto crumple, crimp
Esme assented with a graceful bend of his crimpled head, and in a clear and deliberate voice began to speak.
1894, Robert Smythe Hichens, The Green Carnation1 more example
The boy had dwindled to a skeleton, and the skin lay on his face in crimpled folds, like a mask of black crape.
1862, James R. Gilmore, Among the Pines
Crimple2
- An outer suburb of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3253).
Origin
- Middle Englishcrymplen
- Englishcrimple
From Middle English crymplen, equivalent to crimp + -le (frequentative suffix).
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crimple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crimple
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