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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Dutch
Origin: rompelen

rumple

 verb
     
rum‧ple [transitive]
to make hair, clothes etc less tidy:
He rumpled her hair playfully.
—rumpled adjective:
the slightly rumpled bed
a rumpled linen suit
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