fimble

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪmbəl/

From a dialectal variant of fumble.

fimble (third-person singular simple present fimbles, present participle fimbling, simple past and past participle fimbled)

1. (intransitive, dialectal) To fumble; do (anything) imperfectly or irresolutely

From Middle Dutch femele, fimele (“cannabis brevior”), from fimelen ("to tease: flax, hemp, wool, etc."; also, "to move quickly, fiddle, play, trifle"; > Dutch fijmelen, femelen), related to Middle Low German fimmelen, fimmeren (“to grope about”), German fimmeln (“to grope; fumble”), West Frisian fimelje (“to pick; fiddle' trifle”), English fimble (“to fumble”).

Alternative etymology derived Middle Dutch femele from French (chanvre) femelle (“female (hemp)”).

fimble (plural fimbles)

1. the male hemp plant

• befilm, libfem