English Explanatory Dictionary

pimple

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
  2. An annoying person.
  3. Scotch (whisky)
verb
  1. To develop pimples.

Pronunciation

pĭm'p(ə)l /ˈpɪmp(ə)l/ En-us-pimple.ogg

Word forms

pimple pimples pimpling pimpled

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

acker acne pustule spot plook zit pimple and blotch

Related words

blackhead whitehead

Derived words

goose pimple pimpleback pimpled pimple dick pimpleless pimplelike pimplous pimply simple as a pimple
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