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Definition of Crimpy
1. a. Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep.
Definition of Crimpy
1. Adjective. Having a crimped appearance; frizzly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crimpy
1. wavy [adj CRIMPIER, CRIMPIEST] - See also: wavy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crimpy
Literary usage of Crimpy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Raw Wools, and Specimens to Illustrate the Wollen Manufacture by Alfred Hawkesworth (1892)
"They handle well, are evenly grown with nice crimpy pliable fibres ... Staples are
well proportioned, have nice crimpy fibres, which are seen to the ends ..."
2. Woollen and Worsted Cloth Manufacture: Being a Practical Treatise for the by Roberts Beaumont (1890)
"... produces a fairly level ribbon, but if it is closely examined it will be found
to be a combination of short and long, crimpy and straight, fibres. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"CRAPE is a silk fabric of a gauzy texture, having a peculiar crisp or crimpy
appearance. It is woven of hard spun silk yarn ' in the gum " or natural ..."
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