Crimpy
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having a crimped appearance; frizzly.
"Whenever the Bobbies heard my step on the long outside stair, every body electrified. Tongues drew in, ears squared, noses lifted. The peer from all the eyes under all the bangs of crimpy hair concentrated into one enormous “looking,” riveted upon the turning of the stair where I would first show."
- 2 Involving crimping
Example
More examples"Whenever the Bobbies heard my step on the long outside stair, every body electrified. Tongues drew in, ears squared, noses lifted. The peer from all the eyes under all the bangs of crimpy hair concentrated into one enormous “looking,” riveted upon the turning of the stair where I would first show."
Etymology
From crimp + -y.