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fimble.

To fumble; do (anything) imperfectly or irresolutely.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈfɪmbl̩/
  1. To fumble; do (anything) imperfectly or irresolutely.

    dialectal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From a dialectal variant of fumble.

noun/ˈfɪmbl̩/
  1. The male hemp plant.

Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch femele, fimele (“cannabis brevior”), from fimelen (“to tease: flax, hemp, wool, etc.; to move quickly, fiddle, play, trifle”) (whence Dutch fijmelen, femelen), related to Middle Low German fimmelen, fimmeren (“to grope about”), German fimmeln (“to grope; fumble”), West Frisian fimelje (“to pick; fiddle' trifle”), English fimble (“to fumble”). Alternatively, it is sometimes suggested that Middle Dutch femele is from French chanvre) femelle (“female (hemp)”), which was applied to the male hemp plant as it is smaller and was therefore believed to be female; this would parallel the old designation of the larger, female plant as carl-hemp (“man-hemp”).

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