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)

1. wrinkle

Related terms

• ramp
• ripple
• rumple

Verb

1. 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 […]

Anagrams

• limper, per mil, prelim, rempli