Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whimple

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whim-ple
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of wimple (“head covering”).

verb

Archaic form of wimple.

Archaic

verb

To whiffle; to veer.

Obsolete

name

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0497).

Example Sentences

"Yet she much whiter ; but the same did hide Under a vele , that whimpled was full low"
"Every morning I used to awake surprised by the song of the Naiad, the little runnel whimpling down its bed of rushes, stone, and sand; and the response of the palms making music in the land-breeze."

Etymology

Compare whiffle.

Usage

Inflected Forms

whimples (plural) whimples (present, singular) whimpling (participle, present) whimpled (participle, past) whimpled (past)

Questions

What does whimple mean?: Alternative spelling of wimple (“head covering”).
Where does whimple come from?: Compare whiffle.

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