单词 | scrumple |
释义 | † scrumplen. Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete. rare. A wrinkle, a fold, a crease. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > wrinkle or crease rimpleeOE frouncec1374 runklea1400 wrinklea1420 ruge?a1425 crimple1440 wreathc1440 wrimple1499 rumple?a1513 scrumple?a1513 wimple1513 crease1578 bag1587 crinkle1596 pucker1598 press1601 crumple1607 creasing1665 ruck1774 cramp1828 fold1840 ruckle1853 bumfle1867 a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 204 Fy, skolderit skyn, thow art bot skyre and skrumple. 1775 J. Whitaker Hist. Manch. II. 318 Rumple, a pucker, a rude plait... Scrumple, the same, Manchester. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). scrumplev. Originally Scottish and English regional (northern). transitive. To crumple, to wrinkle; esp. to crush into a compact mass (see scrunch v. 2). Also frequently with up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle or crease > crumple scrumplec1600 crumple1632 rafflec1728 wobble1854 cringle1880 crush1893 c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 188 Ane chartour, sasine, or uther evident, being be chance brint, singit be the fire, scrumpillit, or the seil thairof meltit and brokin. 1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ Toy-shop (new ed.) Gloss. Scrumple, to ruffle. 1775 J. Whitaker Hist. Manch. II. 318 Crumple, to crooken... Scrumple, the same, Manchester. 1840 I. Steward Interdict I. iii. 38 They'd ha' been scrumpled all to nothin'! 1894 F. Moss Hist. Old Parish of Cheadle 172 Her rough hair was scrumpled into a chenille net. 1939 A. Ransome Secret Water xxii. 261 She..grabbed the message, scrumpled it up and poked it into the stove. 1961 R. M. Dashwood Provinc. Daughter 83 I discover shirt scrumpled up in polythene bag at bottom of wardrobe. 2007 P. Gale Notes from Exhib. (2008) 207 She scrumpled the rest of her lunch into a ball inside the paper. Derivatives ˈscrumpled adj. crumpled, wrinkled; also in ˈscrumpled-up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > wrinkled or creased > crumpled or rumpled crumpled1535 rumpled1624 rumply1794 scrumpled1813 screwed-up1817 bumfly1887 1813 E. Weeton Jrnl. Dec. (1969) II. 115 She thrust something into my hand... It felt like a small parcel of scrumpled paper. 1947 A. Ransome Great Northern? xvii. 210 He pulled the scrumpled up paper out of his knapsack and spread it out again. 2004 A. N. Wilson My Name is Legion (2006) xii. 77 The scrumpled bathmats stowed in a laundry basket. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1513v.c1600 |
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