crimp
English
/kɹɪmp/
adj
Definitions
- (obsolete) Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
- (obsolete) Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English crimpen (be drawn together, be contracted) derived from Middle Dutch crimpen derived from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną (shrink, draw back).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*krimpaną
Gloss
shrink, draw back
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crimpage English
- crimper English
- crimple English
- crimpness English
- crimpy English
- uncrimp English
- inkrimpen Dutch, Flemish
- krimpen Dutch, Flemish
- krimpverbinding Dutch, Flemish
- verkrimpen Dutch, Flemish
- *krimpaną Proto-Germanic
- ġecrympan Old English
- crimpen Middle English
- crymplen Middle English
- forcrempen Middle English
- *krimpa Old Norse
- kreppa Old Norse
- krimpa Old Norse
- kreppa Icelandic
- crimpen Middle Dutch
- krimp Afrikaans
- kreppa Faroese
- *crimpan Old Dutch