English

Verb

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

Etymology 2

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)”).

Noun

fimble ‎(plural fimbles)

1. the male hemp plant