frumple

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English frumplen, cognate with Dutch frommelen (“to wrinkle”). Related to frump, frumpy, frumpish.

Verb

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frumple (third-person singular simple present frumples, present participle frumpling, simple past and past participle frumpled)

  1. (transitive) To wrinkle; crumple; ruffle; disorder.

Etymology 2

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From Middle English frumpil, frumpylle, from the verb.

Noun

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frumple (plural frumples)

  1. A wrinkle.
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