unrumplev.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌmpl/, U.S. /ˌənˈrəmp(ə)l/ transitive. To free from creases, wrinkles, or rumples; to make smooth or tidy; to unfold, open out.
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1694 J. Addison tr. Virgil 4th Georgick in Ann. Miscellany 68 Daffadils, that late from earth's slow womb Unrumple their swoln buds.
1718 J. Gardiner tr. R. Rapin Of Gardens (ed. 2) i. 36 Wide o'er the Garden now she sheds Perfumes, Unrumples her swoln Buds and gayly blooms.
1843 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Home I. xxii. 259 What? rumple them, shall I? Well, they can be unrumpled again.
1855 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass 22 The bride unrumples her white dress.
1944 S. H. Adams Canal Town iv. 54 You must set your neckcloth straight and unrumple your hair.
2007 M. Tilly Porcupine 163 He's rumpling and unrumpling the blanket on his bed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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