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rumple

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Main Entry: ²rumple

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): rum·pled; rum·pling \-p(ə-)liŋ\

Etymology: Dutch rompelen; akin to Old High German rimpfan to wrinkle

Date: 1603

transitive verb 1 : wrinkle, crumple
2 : to make unkempt : tousleintransitive verb : to become rumpled

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