crinkum-crankumadv.n.adj.

Brit.

/ˌkrɪŋkəmˈkraŋkəm/, U.S.

/ˌkrɪŋkəmˈkræŋkəm/

Forms: 1600s crinckum-cranckum, 1600s crincum-crancum, 1700s– crinkum-crankum.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: crink n.

Etymology: Apparently a reduplication (with vowel variation) of an arbitrarily extended form of crink n.; compare crinkledum cum crankledum adv., crinkums n., crankum n., and also crinkle-crankle n., cringle-crangle n. With the sense development compare knick-knack n., gimcrack n.

†A. adv.

Intricately; sinuously. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adverb] > with sinuous motion

crinkum-crankum1656

sinuously1847

viperishly1870

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [adverb]

intricately1552

perplexedly1603

crinkum-crankum1656

involutely1681

complexly1813

complicatedly1883

1656 Hectors ii. ii. 18 It is all wrought crinckum, cranckum.

1825 J. Banim & M. Banim Tales by O'Hara Family 1st Ser. III. 209 It..ran in and out, crinkum-crankum, in sharp angles..at every turn.

B. n.

A thing which is full of twists and turns; a winding way; something intricately or fancifully elaborated; a mechanical device or toy; a curio. Also: sinuosity; intricateness; convolution.In later slang dictionaries (and apparently in quot. 1670): spec. the female genitals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun]

cuntc1230

quivera1382

chosec1386

privy chosea1387

quoniamc1405

naturec1470

shell1497

box1541

water gate1541

mouth1568

quiver case1568

water gap1586

cunnya1593

medlar1597

mark1598

buggle-boo1600

malkin1602

lap1607

skin coat1611

quim1613

nest1614

watermilla1626

bum1655

merkin1656

twat1656

notch1659

commodity1660

modicum1660

crinkum-crankum1670

honeypot1673

honour1688

muff1699

pussy1699

puss1707

fud1771

jock1790

cock?1833

fanny?1835

vaginac1890

rug1893

money-maker1896

Berkeley1899

Berkeley Hunt1899

twitchet1899

mingea1903

snatch1904

beaver1927

coozie1934

Sir Berkeley1937

pocketbook1942

pranny1949

zatch1950

cooch1955

bearded clam1962

noonie1966

chuff1967

coozea1968

carpet1981

pum-pum1983

front bum1985

coochie1986

punani1987

front bottom1991

va-jay-jay2000

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s) > thing having

windingc1050

tortuosity1646

vermiculation1670

worm1702

crinkum-crankum1766

wriggle1825

serpentine1885

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Free-bench Here I am, Riding upon a Black Ram, Like a Whore as I am. And for my Crincum Crancum Have lost my Binkum Bankum.

1766 G. Colman & D. Garrick Clandestine Marriage iv. i. 59 She is but in the next walk—but there is such a deal of this damned crinkum-crankum..that one sees people for half an hour before one can get to them.

1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xxi. 156 We shall see some crinkum-crankum or other for our money.

1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) (at cited word) Crinkum crankum, a woman's commodity.

1829 Foreign Q. Rev. Aug. 385 The reader sees the meaning..long before the ‘crinkum-crankum’ of the expression permits you to reach it legitimately.

1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 96 All sorts of engine-turning, and filagree-work, and crinkum-crankums.

1924 Times 12 May 9/5 They sell every crinkum-crankum that ever was,..curios of every kind.

1952 E. Morgan Beowulf p. xiv The twentieth-century reader will find enough that is remote from his own experience without any superadded linguistic crinkum-crankum and mock-epopeanism.

1999 G. Kissick Winter in Volcano (2000) v. 48 The crinkum-crankum of her own handwriting—full of squiggles, as when honey drips from spoon to jar.

C. adj.

Twisting in and out, sinuous; intricate; convoluted. Also figurative. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves

tortivous14..

anfractuous?a1425

tortuous1426

tortuea1500

snakish1532

winding1538

wormy1545

boughty1570

wriggled1572

sinuous1578

serpent-likea1586

crankled1594

serpent1597

snaky1600

flexuous1605

snaking1605

cringle-crangle1606

voluminous1611

serpenting?1614

serpentine1615

curvy1623

serpentizing1628

worming1631

lacinious1648

anguineous1656

anguine1657

anfractuose1680

twisting1683

vermicular1712

worm-like1721

flexuose1727

meandering1748

crinkum-crankum1766

serpentiform1777

serpentining1799

anguiform1800

ophite1828

tortuose1829

cranky1836

sinuose1836

serpentile1857

twisty1857

sinuated1859

vermiculatea1864

twinyc1868

tortive1880

crinkle-crankle1881

serpentinous1882

quirky1890

twistical1890

waggly1894

wriggly1901

squiggly1902

wiggly1903

contortionate1911

wig-waggy1914

curvaceous1965

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > disposed in or forming (a) coil(s)

twinedc1300

wounda1382

wreathenc1400

wrinkledc1403

wreathedc1425

whorlish1562

folded1570

writhen1584

upwound1590

entortilled1629

coiled1661

whirled1715

whirl-shaped1762

crinkum-crankum1766

convoluted1811

gyrated1822

rounded1845

vorticiform1849

looped1850

vorticose1870

convolute1874

gyrate1876

swirled1909

snake-spiral1922

1766 G. Colman & D. Garrick Clandestine Marriage ii. ii. 28 Here's none of your strait lines here—but all taste—zig-zag—crinkum-crankum—in and out.

1793 R. Burns Let. Aug. (2003) II. 229 That crinkum crankum tune Robin Adair has run so in my head.

1801 Sporting Mag. 19 286/1 The crinkum-crankum parts of London, where there are turnings and windings on every side.

1864 Sat. Rev. 10 Dec. 731/2 Those scientific crinkum-crankum hives, from which bees with difficulty get out, and with more difficulty get in.

1999 L. Stern Smoking Bk. 124 Death-defying flights of crinkum-crankum logic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crinkum-crankum
释义	crinkum-crankumadv.n.adj. Brit. /ˌkrɪŋkəmˈkraŋkəm/, U.S. /ˌkrɪŋkəmˈkræŋkəm/ Forms: 1600s crinckum-cranckum, 1600s crincum-crancum, 1700s– crinkum-crankum. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: crink n. Etymology: Apparently a reduplication (with vowel variation) of an arbitrarily extended form of crink n.; compare crinkledum cum crankledum adv., crinkums n., crankum n., and also crinkle-crankle n., cringle-crangle n. With the sense development compare knick-knack n., gimcrack n. †A. adv. Intricately; sinuously. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adverb] > with sinuous motion crinkum-crankum1656 sinuously1847 viperishly1870 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [adverb] intricately1552 perplexedly1603 crinkum-crankum1656 involutely1681 complexly1813 complicatedly1883 1656 Hectors ii. ii. 18 It is all wrought crinckum, cranckum. 1825 J. Banim & M. Banim Tales by O'Hara Family 1st Ser. III. 209 It..ran in and out, crinkum-crankum, in sharp angles..at every turn. B. n. A thing which is full of twists and turns; a winding way; something intricately or fancifully elaborated; a mechanical device or toy; a curio. Also: sinuosity; intricateness; convolution.In later slang dictionaries (and apparently in quot. 1670): spec. the female genitals. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] cuntc1230 quivera1382 chosec1386 privy chosea1387 quoniamc1405 naturec1470 shell1497 box1541 water gate1541 mouth1568 quiver case1568 water gap1586 cunnya1593 medlar1597 mark1598 buggle-boo1600 malkin1602 lap1607 skin coat1611 quim1613 nest1614 watermilla1626 bum1655 merkin1656 twat1656 notch1659 commodity1660 modicum1660 crinkum-crankum1670 honeypot1673 honour1688 muff1699 pussy1699 puss1707 fud1771 jock1790 cock?1833 fanny?1835 vaginac1890 rug1893 money-maker1896 Berkeley1899 Berkeley Hunt1899 twitchet1899 mingea1903 snatch1904 beaver1927 coozie1934 Sir Berkeley1937 pocketbook1942 pranny1949 zatch1950 cooch1955 bearded clam1962 noonie1966 chuff1967 coozea1968 carpet1981 pum-pum1983 front bum1985 coochie1986 punani1987 front bottom1991 va-jay-jay2000 the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s) > thing having windingc1050 tortuosity1646 vermiculation1670 worm1702 crinkum-crankum1766 wriggle1825 serpentine1885 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Free-bench Here I am, Riding upon a Black Ram, Like a Whore as I am. And for my Crincum Crancum Have lost my Binkum Bankum. 1766 G. Colman & D. Garrick Clandestine Marriage iv. i. 59 She is but in the next walk—but there is such a deal of this damned crinkum-crankum..that one sees people for half an hour before one can get to them. 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xxi. 156 We shall see some crinkum-crankum or other for our money. 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) (at cited word) Crinkum crankum, a woman's commodity. 1829 Foreign Q. Rev. Aug. 385 The reader sees the meaning..long before the ‘crinkum-crankum’ of the expression permits you to reach it legitimately. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 96 All sorts of engine-turning, and filagree-work, and crinkum-crankums. 1924 Times 12 May 9/5 They sell every crinkum-crankum that ever was,..curios of every kind. 1952 E. Morgan Beowulf p. xiv The twentieth-century reader will find enough that is remote from his own experience without any superadded linguistic crinkum-crankum and mock-epopeanism. 1999 G. Kissick Winter in Volcano (2000) v. 48 The crinkum-crankum of her own handwriting—full of squiggles, as when honey drips from spoon to jar. C. adj. Twisting in and out, sinuous; intricate; convoluted. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves tortivous14.. anfractuous?a1425 tortuous1426 tortuea1500 snakish1532 winding1538 wormy1545 boughty1570 wriggled1572 sinuous1578 serpent-likea1586 crankled1594 serpent1597 snaky1600 flexuous1605 snaking1605 cringle-crangle1606 voluminous1611 serpenting?1614 serpentine1615 curvy1623 serpentizing1628 worming1631 lacinious1648 anguineous1656 anguine1657 anfractuose1680 twisting1683 vermicular1712 worm-like1721 flexuose1727 meandering1748 crinkum-crankum1766 serpentiform1777 serpentining1799 anguiform1800 ophite1828 tortuose1829 cranky1836 sinuose1836 serpentile1857 twisty1857 sinuated1859 vermiculatea1864 twinyc1868 tortive1880 crinkle-crankle1881 serpentinous1882 quirky1890 twistical1890 waggly1894 wriggly1901 squiggly1902 wiggly1903 contortionate1911 wig-waggy1914 curvaceous1965 the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > disposed in or forming (a) coil(s) twinedc1300 wounda1382 wreathenc1400 wrinkledc1403 wreathedc1425 whorlish1562 folded1570 writhen1584 upwound1590 entortilled1629 coiled1661 whirled1715 whirl-shaped1762 crinkum-crankum1766 convoluted1811 gyrated1822 rounded1845 vorticiform1849 looped1850 vorticose1870 convolute1874 gyrate1876 swirled1909 snake-spiral1922 1766 G. Colman & D. Garrick Clandestine Marriage ii. ii. 28 Here's none of your strait lines here—but all taste—zig-zag—crinkum-crankum—in and out. 1793 R. Burns Let. Aug. (2003) II. 229 That crinkum crankum tune Robin Adair has run so in my head. 1801 Sporting Mag. 19 286/1 The crinkum-crankum parts of London, where there are turnings and windings on every side. 1864 Sat. Rev. 10 Dec. 731/2 Those scientific crinkum-crankum hives, from which bees with difficulty get out, and with more difficulty get in. 1999 L. Stern Smoking Bk. 124 Death-defying flights of crinkum-crankum logic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.n.adj.1656
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