rumpledness
nounEtymology From rumpled + -ness.
1
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: