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Definition of Rimple
1. n. A fold or wrinkle. See Rumple.
2. v. t. & i. To rumple; to wrinkle.
Definition of Rimple
1. Noun. wrinkle ¹
2. Verb. To wrinkle or crease ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rimple
1. to wrinkle [v -PLED, -PLING, -PLES] - See also: wrinkle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rimple
Literary usage of Rimple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"a wrinkle, fold ; E. rimple, rumple, to wrinkle, tumble, throw into irregular folds.
It is a common train of thought to apply a root representing rattling ..."
2. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"24, in "The Squire of Dames;" "Thoroughbred," by Ralph Lumley, was seen for the
first time April 20, and had this cast: John rimple . ..."
3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"(E.) A late word: variant of rimple, to wrinkle, to rippl-- ME ... to rimple.
rimple and rv»' are from the same verb, viz., ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"out by Richardson, it is a by-form or contraction of the older verb to rimple; 'As
gilds the moon the ... This verb is from the sb. rimple or ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"a wrinkle, fold ; E. rimple, rumple, to wrinkle, tumble, throw into irregular folds.
It is a common train of thought to apply a root representing rattling ..."
6. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"24, in "The Squire of Dames;" "Thoroughbred," by Ralph Lumley, was seen for the
first time April 20, and had this cast: John rimple . ..."
7. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"(E.) A late word: variant of rimple, to wrinkle, to rippl-- ME ... to rimple.
rimple and rv»' are from the same verb, viz., ..."
8. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"out by Richardson, it is a by-form or contraction of the older verb to rimple; 'As
gilds the moon the ... This verb is from the sb. rimple or ..."
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