Dictionary

crumpy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹʌmpi/

Etymology

From crump + -y.

Meanings

1. (UK, dialectal) brittle; crisp
   • I had hardly swallowed my broiled chicken , and three fourths of a sweet fresh trout that was set before me ; and was just nibbling at a bit of crumpy oaten cake to give a goût to my cheese and my dram of brandy 1833, Andrew Picken, “The Priors of Lawford”, in Traditionary Stories of Old Families:

Forms

Deriveds

crumpiness