rimple
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English rimpel, rympyl, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English *hrimpele, hrympelle (“wrinkle, rimple”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hrumpiljǭ, related to Old English hrimpan (“to wrinkle, rimple”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hrempaną (“to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪmpəl
Noun
rimple (plural rimples)
Related terms
Verb
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- To wrinkle or crease
- Georgette Heyer, My Lord John
- He smiled vaguely upon his hostess, and she smiled back at him, her face rimpling into a thousand furrows […]
- Georgette Heyer, My Lord John