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pimple.

An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɪmp(ə)l/

  1. 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. An annoying person.

    derogatory · slang
    He's such a pimple! I wish he'd stop being so irritating!

  3. Scotch (whisky)

    Cockney · slang
Where this word comes from

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”).

verb/ˈpɪmp(ə)l/

  1. To mark, cover or disfigure (something) as with pimples.

    also · figuratively · transitive

  2. To develop pimples.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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”).

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