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noun
An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An annoying person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Scotch (whisky)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cockney, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: pimple and blotch
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To develop pimples.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: hickey, zit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acne
Narrower terms: papule, pustule
History
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”).
Across languages
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