rimple
rimple noun: a wrinkle.
Noun
rimple (plural rimples)
- A wrinkle.
Verb
rimple (third-person singular simple present rimples, present participle rimpling, simple past and past participle rimpled)
- To wrinkle or crease.
- The evening was fine, and the air so still, that it scarcely waved the light leaves of the trees around, or rimpled the broad expanse of the waters below.1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin, published 1999, page 261
- He smiled vaguely upon his hostess, and she smiled back at him, her face rimpling into a thousand furrows […]1975, Georgette Heyer, My Lord John
rimple meaning in Tamil and Bengali
rimple in Tamil
- சிற்றலை
rimple in Bengali
- বলিরেখা, বলিরেখা পড়া, কুঁচকানো
Forms of rimple
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rimples |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rimples |
| present participle | rimpling |
| past participle | rimpled |
| past | rimpled |
Origin of rimple
From Middle English rimpel, rympyl, from Old English *hrimpele, hrympelle (“wrinkle, rimple”), from Proto-Germanic *hrumpiljǭ, related to Old English ġehrimpan (“to wrinkle, rimple”), from Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle”).
Words that rhyme with rimple
Questions about rimple
- What does rimple mean?
- Rimple means a wrinkle.
- What is rimple in Tamil?
- Rimple in Tamil is சிற்றலை. See Rimple meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rimple?
- Rimple can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of rimple?
- The plural of rimple is rimples.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rimple (page history and authors); rimple (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rimple (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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