The act of making something wrinkled or messy, or the process of becoming disheveled.
Present participle of 'frumple,' formed by adding -ing to the verb stem. The base verb emerged from the noun 'frump' in the early 1900s, creating an action word for the state of being wrinkled or unkempt.
English loves turning nouns into verbs, and 'frumpling' is a great example—it lets us describe the actual process of chaos happening, not just the end result!
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