Definitions For Fimble

Etymology 1

From a dialectal variant of fumble.

Verb

fimbl , ing (intransitive, dialectal) To fumble; do (anything) imperfectly or irresolutely.

Etymology 2

From 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 (chanvre) femelle, , female (hemp), which was applied to the male hemp plant as it is smaller and was therefore belieed to be female; this would parallel the old designation of the larger, female plant as carl, carl-hemp, man-hemp.