creeple
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
creeple (plural creeples)
- Obsolete form of cripple.
- 1611, John Donne, An Anatomie of the World:
- Thou knowest how lame a creeple this world is.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
creeple (plural creeples)
- (obsolete, UK, dialect) A creeping creature; a reptile.
- 1632, Thomas Morton, New English Canaan:
- There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age.
References edit
- “creeple”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.