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Definitions
A small inflamed spot on the skin.
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“I had to pop that embarrassing pimple, it was huge and red and on the tip of my nose.”
“He's such a pimple! I wish he'd stop being so irritating!”
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