Probably a back-formation from wrimpled (adj. wrinkled, puckered) Cf. the later rimple (vb.) Wrimpled Etymology: from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German *wrimpelen (older Flem. wrempelen ‘to drawe the mouth awry’, Hexham), frequentative of Middle Low German wrempen, wrimpen to wrinkle, bend, turn c 1440 - Promptorium Parvulorum Sive Clericorum, Lexicon Anglo-Latinum Princeps; see below From: Promptorium Parvulorum Sive Clericorum, Lexicon Anglo-Latinum Princeps Circa A.D. M.CCCC. XL. (1440) Printed for the Camden Society, 1865 P. 534 From: The Essays of Montaigne
Done into English by John Florio, Anno 1603 Published 1892 The First Book
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