rimple

[ rim-puhl ]

noun

1. a wrinkle.

verb (used with or without object)

, rim·pled, rim·pling.

1. to wrinkle; crumple; crease.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rimple¹

1400–50; late Middle English; compare Middle Dutch, Middle Low German rimpel; akin to rumple

Example Sentences

It's only skin-deep; just on the surface, like a cat's-paw on the water; it's nothin' but a rimple like, and no more.

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