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pimple

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Etymology

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Early Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origin but probably a nasalized variant of Old English *pipel, *pypel, from Old English piplian, pyplian (“to break out in pimples, show eruptions”), probably related to Latin papula (“pimple, pustule”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”)). Akin to Old English pipliġende (“having shingles”).

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: pĭm'p(ə)l, IPA(key): /ˈpɪmp(ə)l/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪmpəl

Noun

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pimple (plural pimples)

 
Minor pimples are circled in white.
  1. (dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
    I had to pop that embarrassing pimple, it was huge and red and on the tip of my nose.
  2. (slang) An annoying person.
    He's such a pimple! I wish he'd stop being so irritating!
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Scotch (whisky)
    Synonym: pimple and blotch

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Verb

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pimple (third-person singular simple present pimples, present participle pimpling, simple past and past participle pimpled)

  1. To develop pimples

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Spanish

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Verb

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pimple

  1. inflection of pimplar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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