rumflev.
/ˈrʌmfl/, U.S. /ˈrəmf(ə)l/, Caribbean English /ˈrʌmfəl/ Now chiefly regional (Caribbean).
transitive. = rumple v. Also with up.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle or crease > rumple
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1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 181 It's no frolick for me to be rumffled, or slobbered.
1873 M. A. Avery Rebel Gen.'s Loyal Bride viii. 157 De hosses drefful tired an' hungry, an' you gals drefful scairt, an' rumfled up.
a1904 H. Mathwin in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 181/2 [E. Kent] 'E's rumfled 'is 'air.
1953 G. Lamming In Castle of my Skin xiv. 276 There ain't no need to rumfle them if you take them out as they stand.
1985 J. Mendes Cote ce Cote La 128/1 Rumfle, rumple... To rumfle up ones hair. To playfully run the fingers through the hair, leaving it badly out of place.
1996 R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (at cited word) Rumfle, to rumple (clothing, a bed, etc); to crease, crush or cause to wrinkle (a part of your dress, a garment).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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