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rumpledness en · NOUN

Etymology

From rumpled + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality or degree of being rumpled.
    • An interesting side-light of the embryological studies has been the discovery of insulin-induced abnormalities in beak formation and rumpledness, but the chick embryo is outside the scope of this report. 1965, Catherine Ellen O'Neill, Laboratory exercices^([sic]) to demonstrate the effect of certain hormones and hormone inhibitors on the development of the young chick, page 24:
    • He was tallish and not at all bad looking, except for a certain haggardness and rumpledness which bespoke an evident desire to get out of his suit. 2004, Eve Ottenberg, Glum And Mighty Pagans, page 112: