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rimple

Rhymes with -ɪmpəl

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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”).

noun rimples

  1. A wrinkle.

verb rimples · rimpling · rimpled

  1. US To wrinkle or crease. The evening was fine, and the air so still, that it scarcely waved the light leaves of the trees around, or rimpled the broad expanse of the waters below.

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@misc{rimple_2026,
  title = {rimple},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rimple},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}