Pimple Definition
pĭmpəl
pimples
noun
pimples
Any small, rounded, usually inflamed swelling of the skin; papule or pustule.
Webster's New World
(slang) An annoying person.
He's such a pimple! I wish he'd stop being so irritating!
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Pimple
Noun
Singular:
pimple
Plural:
pimplesOrigin of Pimple
Early Modern English pimple, pumple (not found in Middle English), probably a nasalised variation of Old English piplian, pyplian "to break out in pimples, show erruptions". Akin to Old English pipliġende "having shingles".
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Middle English
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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