wimple

Meaning

Noun

1. A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.
2. A fold or pleat in cloth.
3. A ripple, as on the surface of water.
4. A curve or bend.
5. A flag or streamer.

Verb

1. To cover with a wimple.
2. To draw down; to lower, like a veil.
3. To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate.
4. To flutter.

Synonyms

bonnet

cockle

coif

contract

cower

cringe

crinkle

crouch

crumple

knit

pucker

ruck

rumple

shrink

shrivel

stream

undulate

wave

👋

wrinkle

crimple

Translations

soggolo

kap

κάλυμα

βέλο

πέπλο

μαίανδρος

guimpe

bocht

kromming

muts

plooi

rimpel

nonnenkap

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɪmpəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wympel

Inherited from Old English: wimpel

Cognate with Scots: wympill

Cognate with Dutch: wimpel

Cognate with German: Wimpel

Cognate with Swedish: vimpel

Cognate with Icelandic: vimpill

Inherited from Middle English: wimplen

In summary

From Middle English wympel, wimpel, from Old English wimpel (“veil, an article of women's dress; a covering for the neck, a cloak, a hood”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz (“wimple, scarf, veil”). Cognate with Scots wympill (“wimple”), Dutch wimpel (“streamer, pennant”), German Wimpel (“pennant”), Swedish vimpel (“pennant, banner”), Icelandic vimpill (“hood, cowl”).