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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Early Modern English pimple, pumple (not found in Middle English), probably a nasalized variation of Old English piplian, pyplian (“to break out in pimples, show eruptions”). Akin to Old English pipliġende (“having shingles”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pimple (plural pimples)
- 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.
- (slang) An annoying person.
- He's such a pimple! I wish he'd stop being so irritating!
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Translations[edit]
inflamed spot on the surface of the skin
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annoying person
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Verb[edit]
pimple (third-person singular simple present pimples, present participle pimpling, simple past and past participle pimpled)
- To develop pimples
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
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