Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crimple

/ˈkɹɪmpəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crim-ple
IPA: /ˈkɹɪmpəl/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to crumple, crimp

Archaic

name

An outer suburb of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3253).

Example Sentences

"Esme assented with a graceful bend of his crimpled head, and in a clear and deliberate voice began to speak."
"The boy had dwindled to a skeleton, and the skin lay on his face in crimpled folds, like a mask of black crape."

Etymology

From Middle English crymplen, equivalent to crimp + -le (frequentative suffix).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: crymplen

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

crimples (present, singular) crimpling (participle, present) crimpled (participle, past) crimpled (past)

Derived Forms

Crimplene

Rhymes With

simple pimple dimple wimple scrimple timple rimple limple

Questions

How do you pronounce crimple?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹɪmpəl/.
What does crimple mean?: to crumple, crimp
Where does crimple come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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