pimple
Meaning
Synonyms
insect bite
body bloating
black-head
small boil
smau sweuing
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɪmp(ə)l/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
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