rimple

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10
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13
Letters
6

Definition of rimple

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A wrinkle.
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noun

  1. A wrinkle.

verb

  1. (US)To wrinkle or crease.
    “The evening was fine, and the air so still, that it scarcely waved the light leaves of the trees around, or rimpled the broad expanse of the waters below.”
    “He smiled vaguely upon his hostess, and she smiled back at him, her face rimpling into a thousand furrows […]”

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Etymology

From Middle English rimpel, rympyl, from Old English *hrimpele, hrympelle (“wrinkle, rimple”), from Proto-Germanic *hrumpiljǭ, related to Old English ġehrimpan (“to wrinkle, rimple”), from Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle”).

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