Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rumpled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rumple \Rum"ple\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Rumpled} p. pr. &
vb. n. {Rumpling}.] [Cf. rimple, and D. rimpelen to wrinkle,
rompelig rough, uneven, G. r["u]mpfen to wrinkle, MHG.
r["u]mphen, OHG. rimpfan, Gr. "ra`mfos the crooked beak of
birds of prey, ? to roam.]
To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to
wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.
They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled
and ragged Scotch paper for twenty of your fairest
assignats. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rumpled \Rum"pled\, a.
Wrinkled; crumpled. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rumpled
adj 1: in disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was
disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled
unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown
hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers [syn: {disheveled},
{dishevelled}, {frowzled}, {tousled}]
2: having wrinkles; "crumpled paper"; "her skirt had become
creased"; "a rumpled gray suit" [syn: {crumpled}, {creased}]
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