pimple

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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, probably related to Latin papula (from Proto-Indo-European *pap-).

Pronunciation

• enPR: pĭm'p(ə)l, IPA: /ˈpɪmp(ə)l/

Noun

pimple (plural pimples)

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

   Synonyms: pimple and blotch

Synonyms

• acker (old Australian slang)
• acne
• pustule
• spot (UK)
• plook (Scottish)
• zit (US)

Translations

• French: bouton, pustule
• German: Pickel, Oas (Bavaria)
• Italian: pustola, pustoletta, brufolo, foruncolo
• Portuguese: borbulha, espinha
• Russian: прыщ
• Spanish: espinilla, grano

Translations

• French: casse-couilles
• Russian: негодя́й
• Spanish: pendejo

Verb

pimple (pimples, present participle pimpling; simple past and past participle pimpled)

1. To develop pimples

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