rimple

[ rim-puh l ]

/ ˈrɪm pəl /

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noun

a wrinkle.

verb (used with or without object), rim·pled, rim·pling.

to wrinkle; crumple; crease.

RELATED WORDS

bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, furrow, gather, gathering, groove, lap, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica

Nearby words

rimmed, rimmed steel, rimmer, rimose, rimouski, rimple, rimrock, rimsky-korsakov, rimstone, rimu, rimula

Origin of rimple

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

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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.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIII.--April, 1852.--Vol. IV.|Various