wrimple

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verb

To wrinkle; rumple.

OriginMiddle English *wrimplen ← Middle Dutch *wrimpelen →
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Meanings

verbwrimple (third-person singular simple present wrimples, present participle wrimpling, simple past and past participle wrimpled)

present singular third person wrimples · participle present wrimpling · participle past wrimpled · past wrimpled

  1. transitiveTo wrinkle; rumple.
nounwrimple (plural wrimples)

plural wrimples

  1. A wrinkle.

Origin

  1. Middle Dutch*wrimpelen
  2. Middle English*wrimplen
  3. Englishwrimple

From Middle English *wrimplen (suggested by Middle English wrymplyd (“wrinkled”)), probably from Middle Dutch *wrimpelen, frequentative of wrimpen, wrempen (“to wrinkle”). Cognate with West Flemish wrempelen (“to wrinkle”). Compare also Middle English rimplen (“to become wrinkled”).

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APA

wrimple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrimple

MLA

“wrimple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrimple. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrimple,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrimple.

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