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 {{etyl, dum, en}} 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 {{etyl, fr, en}} (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.{{R:Century 1911}}Noun
FIMBLE (plural FIMBLEs) The male hemp plant.Alternative forms
fembleFurther reading
{{R:EDD, femble}}Anagrams
befilm, libfemIs Fimble a Scrabble Word?
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Scrabble
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The word Fimble is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends