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wimpled

wimpled adjective: wearing a wimple. Also the simple past and past participle of wimple.

Adjective

wimpled (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a wimple.
    • Two are figures of cross-legged knights in chain armour and surcoats: one is a female figure wimpled.1853, Various, Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853
    • She put on a white wrapper of Susy's, and, looking like a wimpled nun, followed Polly down stairs.1868, Sophie May, Dotty Dimple at Her Grandmother's

Also used as

wimpled is also the simple past and past participle of wimple.

Origin of wimpled

From wimple + -ed.

Questions about wimpled

What does wimpled mean?
Wimpled means wearing a wimple.
What part of speech is wimpled?
Wimpled is an adjective.

Words near wimpled in the dictionary

  1. wimping out
  2. wimpish
  3. wimpishly
  4. wimpishness
  5. wimple
  6. wimpled
  7. wimpleless
  8. wimplelike
  9. wimples
  10. wimplike
  11. wimpling

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