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rumpled

[ruhm-puhl] Origin

rum·ple

[ruhm-puhl] verb, -pled, -pling, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to crumple or crush into wrinkles: to rumple a sheet of paper.
2.
to ruffle; tousle (sometimes followed by up): The wind rumpled her hair.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become wrinkled or crumpled: Tissue rumples easily.

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Rumpled is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
noun
4.
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Dutch rompelen (v.), rompel (noun)

un·rum·pled, adjective


1. wrinkle, crease, muss.

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rumple
c.1600, possibly a variant of rimple "to wrinkle" (14c.), from O.E. hrympel; possibly influenced by M.Du. rumpelen.
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