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† ˈwrimpled, a. Obs. Also 5 wrymplyd. [f. MDu. or MLG. *wrimpelen (older Flem. wrempelen ‘to drawe the mouth awry’, Hexham), frequentative of MLG. wrempen, wrimpen to wrinkle, bend, turn. Cf. the earlier rimpled a.] Wrinkled, rimpled, or puckered; creased.c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 203, I ...
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wrimple
▪ I. † ˈwrimple, n. Obs. Also 5 wrympyl. [Cf. rimple n. (also rumple n.2), and wrimpled a.] A crease or fold; a rimple, wrinkle.1499 Promp. Parv. (Pynson) s v b, Wrympyl, or rympyl, ruga. Ibid., Wrympyl, or pleyt of cloth, plica. 1578 Florio 1st Fruites 88 b, The smooth throate maketh foldes with wr...
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puckered
puckered, ppl. a. (ˈpʌkəd) [f. prec. + -ed1.] Drawn into puckers, wrinkles, or folds, as the skin, or as cloth, purposely or unintentionally, in sewing.1611 Cotgr., Renfrongné, furrowed, as an angrie brow; wrimpled, crumpled, puckered. 1755 Johnson, Ruff, a puckered linen ornament, formerly worn abo...
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flappy
flappy, a. (ˈflæpɪ) [f. flap v. + -y1.] † 1. = flabby a. 1. Obs.1598 Florio, Impassire..to grow flappy, withered, or wrimpled [1611 to grow flappie and wrimpled]. 2. dial. (See quots.)1846 Brockett N.C. Words (ed. 3) Flappy, wild, irregular, unsteady. ‘An old flappy body’. 1892 Northumbld. Gloss., F...
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