rumpledadj.
/ˈrʌmpld/, U.S. /ˈrəmpəld/ 1. Wrinkled, crumpled, creased; tousled. Also figurative.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > wrinkled or creased > crumpled or rumpled
crumpled1535
rumpled1624
rumply1794
scrumpled1813
screwed-up1817
bumfly1887
1624 A. Darcie tr. P. Du Moulin Heraclitus 124 Euery toothlesse Mumpsimus..must haue her box of odoriferous Pomatum..wherewithall to parget, white-lime, and complectionate her rumpled cheekes.
1691 J. Wilson Belphegor iii. iii I see a mousled Hood, rumpled Tippet, or tumbled Petty-coat wou'd not down with you!
1712 R. Blackmore Creation vi. 282 Each vital Speck, in which remains Th'entire, but rumpled Animal.
1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild i. ix, in Misc. III. 55 A thin Covering of a rumpled Muzlin Handkerchief.
1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 208 Little rumpled bits of paper, in which the fossils had..been contained.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxxiii. 363 Smoothing the bird's rumpled feathers with his hand.
1870 L. M. Alcott Let. 30 May in E. D. Cheney L. M. Alcott (1889) ix. 227 That does soothe my rumpled soul so much.
1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 45/2 Beside him, securely handcuffed to his wrist, was a rumpled, hangdog, sullen man.
1978 Poland May 45/2 He caught up the bundle... It came undone and a pile of rumpled rags tumbled out of it.
2006 N.Y. Mag. 13 Mar. 64/4 Steven Alan's collection of rumpled shirting for men and women is perfect for brunch and a paper.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > cooked (of specific food) > eggs
rearlOE
harda1425
poachedc1450
soft-boiled1577
hard-boiled1589
rare1655
rath egg1684
in the shell1692
dropped1824
rumpled1896
1896 Westm. Gaz. 29 Jan. 3/1 The adjutant prepared some rumpled eggs in a manner he had learnt on service.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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