English Explanatory Dictionary

rimple

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wrinkle.
verb
  1. To wrinkle or crease.

Word forms

rimple rimples rimpling rimpled

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”).

Related words

ramp ripple rumple
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