crumpy

English

Etymology

From crump +‎ -y.

Adjective

crumpy (comparative more crumpy, superlative most crumpy)

1. (UK, dialect) brittle; crisp
   • 1833, Andrew Picken, “The Priors of Lawford”, in Traditionary Stories of Old Families:

     I had hardly swallowed my broiled chicken , and three fourths of a sweet fresh trout that was set before me ; and was just nibbling at a bit of crumpy oaten cake to give a goût to my cheese and my dram of brandy

Derived terms

• crumpiness

References

• “crumpy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.