rumpledness

rumpledness

English

Etymology

rumpled +‎ -ness

Noun

rumpledness (uncountable)

1. The quality or degree of being rumpled.
   • 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)

     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.

   • 2004, Eve Ottenberg, Glum And Mighty Pagans (page 112)

     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.